ISP Wrongfully Sent 300 “First Strike” Letters To Innocents

You know something is messed up when an ISP sends threatening letters to the wrong people. I mean, aren't they the people that are supposed to know who is doing what on their network?

According to a report which has flown almost completely under the radar, last year an ISP sent out around 300 “first strike” warning letters wrongfully accusing innocent subscribers of Internet piracy. ISP Eircom implemented the scheme in partnership with the recording industry and is now being investigated by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner.

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Nice to know you're loved and they appreciate your business.

Maybe their trying to set precedent for IP logging to be inaccurate to get the **AA off their back?


Hey, Oracle can sue Google for billions... I can hope impossible outcomes too

I'd be bitching to get a year of internet for free due to their stupidity.

It would never happen though.

Ireland companies LOVE to screw over the general public. Just ask their financial institutions.

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After Greece, Ireland will probably be next to go.

THIS IS SPARTAAAAAH!

Who is the Data Protection Commissioner for the U.S. that protects consumer's privacy and information?

Everyone who uses the internet is guilty of some stupid copyright crime. Even having a picture on the internet as your desktop background can be a copyright infringement since you have copied that picture. So unless you have permission you are breaking the law.

However this is not a defense of them sending out warnings to the wrong people, it's more an argument against stupid copyright laws.