Virgin bid to ‘monetise P2P file sharing’ flops
p2pnet news view Music:- Virgin’s determined efforts to cosy up toVivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG have fallen flat.
A Virgin Music Unlimited effort to monetise P2P file sharing in an ISP partnership in either Europe or the USA would have been the first such, says The Register.
However, “would have been” is the operative phrase because, “11th hour ‘anti-piracy’ demands by major record labels including Universal Music and Sony Music meant Virgin could no longer launch the service as it had envisaged,” says the story.
“Labels demanded ["Labels demanded"? Have they now become a person?] that Virgin block uploads and downloads of songs from subscribers’ PCs, sources suggest,” it states, adding:
“Since the system is designed to encourage file sharing, the demand removed the service’s USP.”
‘Administrative oversight’
In July last year Virgin Media sent a nasty letter to 800 customers.
It claimed the move was part of an ‘educational’ campaign staged (word used advisedly) in association with Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG’s BPI (British Phonographic Industry) .
“Important,” warned a label on the Virgin letter. “If you don’t read this, your broadband could be disconnected.”
Virgin ended up cowering away, blaming an “administrative oversight” for the warning labels that appeared on the letters, says The Telegraph.
(Thanks, John)
cosy up – Virgin blames threat label on admin error, July 5, 2008
The Register – Virgin puts ‘legal P2P’ plans on ice – January 23, 2009
nasty letter – Virgin goes after UK P2P file sharers, July 3, 2008
back down – Virgin shies away from anti-P2P threats, July 4. 2008
The Telegraph – Virgin Media blames `administrative oversight` for threats on warning letters, July 4, 2008
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January 24th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
balhblah blah they know we aint buying there crap, and people would rather have no net then the vision they seek.
use p2p as marketing and get to people that have money rather then us that dont.
in other words frak off
January 24th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
âLabels demandedâ? Have they now become a person?”
Why yes, unfortunately at least in the United States, they HAVE, as of I think 1836.
What this means for REAL (physical) persons such as you and I is, quite frankly, dismaying: corporate “persons” pretty much live forever and only have ONE motive in “life” — getting as much profit as quickly as possible, with no consideration to the consequences to the rest of the world.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0218-01.htm
Fight their bullshit by RESISTING their bullshit.
And always remember: the only “good” thing about copyright/patents is that they eventually expire.
January 24th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
^^ I don’t mean ‘people’ in the corporate sense.
“Labels demanded,” not, “The Labels demanded’. Or “RIAA” instead of “the RIAA” or “MPAA” instead of “the MPAA,” etc and so on.
Cheers!
January 24th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
^^ “MAFIAA demanded” doesn’t sound as good as “The MAFIAA demanded”
January 24th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Grammatically speaking, omitting the article “the” has no effect as the noun is pluralised, thus the third person plural is well defined and the subject is understood.
January 24th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Virgin Media are the modern day equivalent of Nazi sympathisers. They placate and assent to the tyranny of the copyright industry in the name of greed. In the fullness of time, they will be scorned and dismantled for their part in this.
April 6th, 2009 at 1:27 am
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