Fwd: Important Broadband Usage Notice

Got this from a friend who is a programmer tho' not an OSS hacker. It's 
his ISP's policy on using broadband for copyright infringement. Says he 
"cannot believe the temerity of it."

Alex
Begin forwarded message:

> From: <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 5:28 PM
> Subject: Important Broadband Usage Notice
>
>
> **INFORMATION ONLY. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.**
>
> Dear Customer
>
> Increasingly we are being contacted by authorities and legal parties
> alerting us to ADSL customers who are allegedly downloading or sharing
> content which may not be legal and/or breach copyright.
>
> We would like to use this opportunity to remind all customers to
> please ensure that to the best of your ability downloaded/shared
> content - whether this be music, films, software etc - is legal. If in
> doubt please check the terms of the content supplier/supplied.
>
> Broadband has obviously increased this problem and while this email
> may fall on the deaf ears of some customers they should be aware that
> we do take any reported or alleged breachs very seriously, as some
> customers have already discovered.
>
> While we will not blindly monitor any customer's use of their
> Broadband connection we reserve the right to do so and endeavour to
> advise customers who we are asked to monitor or log with as much
> notice as possible.
>
> We are sending this email not only to serve as a timely reminder but
> to also advise that we are obliged to provide legal authorities with
> the details of customers who they may ask for. We would therefore ask
> customers to be responsible enough to ensure they do not fall foul in
> the first place.
>
> Thank you for your attention to this.
>
> Regards
>
> ADSL Services Team
> MetroNet
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