This is probably the face the user made when he realized he was being asked to pay $20 for pirating a single Friends episode that’s probably airing on a half-dozen stations this week.
TorrentFreak.com reports on notices being sent from Warner Bros. through Internet service providers to users alleged to have illegally downloaded episodes of the show that made Jennifer Aniston’s hair a star.
“Although WB understands and appreciates that you are a fan of its content,” reads one notice set to a supposed pirate, “the unauthorized uploading and downloading of its copyrighted content is a serious matter.”
The notice in question calls the user out for illegally sharing the Friends episode “The One With Five Steaks And An Eggplant,” from the second season of the show which aired in Oct. 1995.
The notice includes a link to an automated settlement page where the accused pirate can make it all go away by paying $20, while also qualifying “to receive future digital content offers from WB.”
Even though you can get the DVD set of the entire second of Friends for less than $10 on Amazon (the Blu-ray is around $14), and the 22-ish minutes you’d spend watching that episode on Netflix is worth only a few cents of your monthly subscription, Warner insists that “The damage to WB from your conduct substantially exceeds $20, but in the interest of having you stop your infringement of WB content permanently, WB is prepared to make you this settlement offer.”
by Chris Morran via Consumerist
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