Plus I don't think a normal user is expected to know what's copyrighted and what isn't. If they were then in theory they could be 'done' for looking at a website where the owner had put up a copyrighted image or if they looked at a video on YouTube that was copyrighted.

It's just not practical to expect your average Joe to research the copyright status of everything they look at online, hence why as far as I know downloading is not against the law.

In reply to a post by ian72:

I think the main reason they go after those doing the sharing is that they tend to be sharing with a lot of people (or a lot of content). Therefore the return on investment for taking action against them is better.

Well not only that, but also it's not possible for the content holders to know who is watching what unless the viewers are sharing the content with peers.

In reply to a post by DRW:

But Why - just concentrate on giving a good connection, fastest speeds, excellent customer service. There are many "TV" service providers do we need another one? No

If you want to provide a value add then provide a Wifi hotspot service or give us a subscription to one of the existing services.

I live in a village without cable (so no Virgin TV), I prefer not to pay Sky or BT prices or put up with TalkTalk service and I like PlusNet. So I would welcome TV from PlusNet.

Edited by deleted (Sun 08-Jun-14 21:18:28)

In reply to a post by paul_rautenbach:

I live in a village without cable (so no Virgin TV), I prefer not to pay Sky or BT prices or put up with TalkTalk service and I like PlusNet. So I would welcome TV from PlusNet.

Understandable. But I wouldn't be happy for PN to provide something "free" that actually cost them money and translated into price rises.

In reply to a post by DRW:

But Why - just concentrate on giving a good connection, fastest speeds, excellent customer service. There are many "TV" service providers do we need another one? No

If you want to provide a value add then provide a Wifi hotspot service or give us a subscription to one of the existing services.

They can't give fastest speeds, they're reliant on the same infrastructure as every other operator using BT Wholesale and in turn the Openreach last generation access network, so have to find other ways to differentiate.

Broadband uptake is high already, now need a revenue to increase sales. Adding TV is seen as a revenue earner, especially with film addons etc.
Looking to move to TV with BT when Eurosport becomes available ( need infinity at the moment).
Pay £27 with sky to get as part of package £14 with BT.

Infinity broadband is only available from BT Retail. So if you aren't on it, you don't need it.