The entertainment and software industries have found an effective tool to deter some Canadians from downloading TV programs, movies, music and software. And it doesn’t involve going to court.
A number of industry groups, mostly based in the United States, are relying on e-mail to get the message out that peer-to-peer file sharing is illegal. Thousands of the e-mails are being sent to Canadian users each month under a program known as "notice and notice."
Major Canadian internet service providers including Rogers, Bell and Telus have voluntarily agreed to distribute the notices to their customers on behalf of the industry associations. Telus forwards an average of 4,000 notices every month.
Stephen Harrington received a notice late last year after downloading a computer game from a bit torrent file-sharing site. (Bit torrent sites are used to share larger files, such as movies.)
Harrington wanted to play the game with his friends, liked it, and purchased it a few days later.
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I wish American corporations would stop pushing their noses in every country I know its never gonna happen but seriously you guys need another depression to wake those bastards up. The two things I hate the most in the world are corporate lobbyist and investors ( The ones that only care about their pocket books and not the product or customer).
I totally agree……….I guess that what happens when u have it too good for too long………….II actually miss the days of the USSR……
yay im canada and with shaw no notice yet but if i read it i wont be affected one bit just chuck it in the recycle bin and keep downloading YAY!!!