UK ISPs are to send " educational emails " to customers downloading pirated content . Virgin Media , TalkTalk , Sky and BT among others , started sending the emails earlier this week when they detected their connections were being used to download illegal content such as pirated versions of TV shows , films and music . Torrent users will be targeted by the emails , rather than users who stream content online . The emails will list the content in question and then direct users to genuine sources where they can legally download it .
UK ISPs are to send "educational emails" to customers downloading pirated content. Virgin Media, TalkTalk, Sky and BT among others, started sending the emails earlier this week when they detected broadband connections were being used to download illegal content such as pirated versions of TV shows, films and music. Torrent users will be targeted by the initiative, rather than users who stream videos online. The emails will list the content in question and then direct users to genuine sources where they can legally download material.