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News from the BBC:

Adult video-sharing list leaked from law firm

By Daniel Emery Technology reporter, BBC News

The attacks were in retaliation for action against file-sharing site the Pirate Bay

The personal details of thousands of Sky broadband customers have been leaked on to the internet, alongside a list of pornographic movies they are alleged to have shared online.

The list, seen by BBC News, details the full names and addresses of over 5,300 people thought by law firm ACS:Law to be illegally sharing adult films.

It appeared online following an attack on the ACS:Law website.

The UK's Information Commissioner said it would investigate the leak.

Privacy expert Simon Davis has called it "one of the worst breaches" of the Data Protection Act he had ever seen.

The full article on the BBC site is too long to show here, but click here to see it

Although the BBC has seen the list, they have not shown the details.

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CroctacusMember

Thats ok...i'm with Virgin.

9/27/1011:43 AM

Karma_Member

I'm a right greedy cah, I never share nuffink anyway. Last Rolo? On your bike son. My lifejacket? Drown! See ya!

9/27/1011:47 AM

Former Member

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Thats ok...i'm with Virgin

Me too Croc,but haven't Sky just bought some parts of Virgin? I lurk in the cable forum on DS and gain a lot of info from there

That said I think it's mostly the TV

9/27/1012:00 PM

CroctacusMember

I dunno Pam...as long as my bill don't go up I don't really care.

9/27/1012:02 PM

kattymieowwMember 10 years

I dunno about video file sharing etc,but I've warned my niece to stay away from music share sites ..Bear share ...cough.. etc..It dowloads a lot of a crapola to your comp.,Trojans,spyware,viruses etc.

9/27/1012:07 PM

Former Member

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I dunno Pam...as long as my bill don't go up I don't really care

LOL. All the bills are going up again shortly cos Sky have raised their prices. Depending on what package you have I think it's between about £1 & £3

9/27/1012:10 PM

kattymieowwMember 10 years

Feckin' Murdoch wants total domination of the airways/media...there are supposed to be safeguards in place to ensure no "one" has a monopoly on the media etc.I never tune in to SKY news ...total shoite..Yes we have SKY,only because my niece pays for it.When she moves out,I'll be back to my freeview.

9/27/1012:11 PM

CroctacusMember

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but I've warned my niece to stay away from music share sites .

i swear limewire killed my last pc

9/27/1012:11 PM

Former Member

For instance, they're taking away the paperless bill discount of a £1 and then say.........but you're saving £1.50 because those that don't use it will have to pay this. Do they think we're stoopid?

9/27/1012:12 PM

kattymieowwMember 10 years

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i swear limewire killed my last pc

Aye that was another bugger..she had that too.

Nothing allowed now,I check the comp daily and all programmes,if I don't like the look of them I get rid.It's my ISP.

9/27/1012:14 PM

Former Member

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i swear limewire killed my last pc

That's why I don't d/load. I'd rather pay. Admittedly never full price, but I usually wait till CD's or films are on sale/cheap in the shops or use Play or HMV

9/27/1012:14 PM

CroctacusMember

You can't beat a £2.99 Cd from play...

9/27/1012:23 PM

Former Member

9/27/1012:38 PM

PeterCatMember

This battle about file sharing is getting very nasty, and the lawyers are the nastiest of the lot.

9/27/102:12 PM

CarnelianMember 10 years

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Too right, the man's a threat to our democracy and our culture. It makes me sick how he's revelled in his role as political king maker for decades.

The Tories and Labour between them have created a monster.

The press today were making a big thing about the trade union influence on Labour's leadership election yet a foreigner who hardly pays any tax just does as he pleases telling our politicians when to jump for favourable coverage and tells readers who they should vote for at general elections.

9/27/107:07 PM

PeterCatMember

8000 music-sharing names now released

Glad to see that those bliddy lawyers may now be in deep doo-doo.

9/28/105:41 AM

kattymieowwMember 10 years

We never use the phone line part of SKY etc for movies ,comps..We can't anyway the rabbits chewed it to buggery! Rabbits of distinction.

9/28/106:01 AM

El LoroMember VIP10 yearsModerator

PeterCat's link says that another 8,000 + Sky broadband users and 400 Plusnet users who are suspected of illegally sharing music. The BBC article also says that it has seen details of emails showing some of the users' credit card details.

9/28/106:14 AM

PeterCatMember

And that law firm had those details in order to try to scare the crap out of those people. On top of that the stupid b*£($"(&%$(s didn't even have the nous to protect the data properly. I hope they get sued into bankruptcy!

9/28/1012:41 PM

El LoroMember VIP10 yearsModerator

From the BBC, this is a link to an article by a Sky Broadband user who is one of the people whose details have been leaked. She says that she has never downloaded porn and could not have downloaded the film she is accused of as it was very early in the morning and she would have been fast asleep.

9/29/1012:18 AM

PeterCatMember

I'm disgusted that Sky gave the "law firm" the lists in the first place.

9/29/105:11 AM

PeterCatMember

And now BT admit doing it too! LINKY

9/29/105:37 AM

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