Broadband users at risk
Recently there have been an increased number of Internet users that have been contacted by there providers regarding the distribution of copyrighted material. Lately Copyright holders have become more aware of people distributing content illegally. They usually take action by notifying the suspected user’s broadband service, so that the ISP can then notify the users, and take appropriate action when it is deemed necessary. The system used to track copyright violators using broadband connections, is not 100% accurate. There have been several occasions of false interpretation of file names that have lead to miss judgment of individuals. In all actuality with the spread of file sharing and illegal downloads increasing the companies have begun to send out more notices then before. The actual notices are sent widely to ISPs by copyright holders who find their content is being distributed illegally. If you happen to be sent an email regarding such an issue don’t immediately assume that you are in some kind of trouble, or that someone in your home has been committing illegal actions. The truth might be that you have fallen victim to a simple error. In an example one man who had been contacted by the broadband providing company Be. In his email he was told that he had been breaking copyright laws. Being the smart individual that he was, he realized that the ISP mentioned in the report did not belong to him and in fact had never been used by him. Eventually Be checked their records and confirmed that there had been a mistake made and apologized for their assumptions. As mentioned above there has been a rise in the amount of people being sent emails, so be on the look out. An email like this is not something that you can afford being sent in your spam folder, or possibly deleted.