There are so many glaring mistakes, I have to wonder if this is a hotch-potch of other articles, picking out the bones to make some personal agenda hybrid.

I quote you:

“What’s more, the BPI will reportedly be sending out thousands more letters to the 3.8 million or so Internet customers Virgin Media has.”

The BPI have not sent out one single letter, they are sent out by Virgin Media, as only they know who the customers are.

You even allude to that yourself in your previous paragraph. Dear me!

Also:

“While most ISPs stated that they wouldn’t have anything to do with the scheme, and refused to spy on their customers….”

What spying? The BPI are doing all the leg work, easily trawling through open file shares with IP addresses ablaze waiting to announce their owners to the controlling networks. You should really look at a full torrent program, legally for research purposes of course.

I think more could have been done here, rather than use this article as a soap box for a personal agenda.

Perhaps you forgot that long before the airline or the telco, Virgin started life as a record company. Its first release was Mike Oldfield’s iconic debut album “Tubular Bells”. As far as I am aware, Virgin is still involved in the recording business.

Given that Virgin also runs a large international retail enterprise of music stores, it’s entirely possible that they may actually be members of the BPI, or have close affiliation to it.

Therefore it’s hardly surprising they have chosen to act in the manner detailed in the article above.

Having said that, I definitely DO NOT condone their actions. I agree with kerry in voting with one’s feet.

Maybe a mass exodus of clietele may make them release that spying on one’s customers can only be seen as a massive betrayal of trust.

we have programs toget rid of spyware , how can we get rid of our isp,s for doing the same ?