[Turbopilot]

I would say that a user visiting illegal sites from his work computer that open both the user and the company up to significant legal liability if caught outweighs hampering his "productivity".

If I had an employee visit those sites with my company's computer over my company's internet connection, I would want IT to kill his account until I were notified. Second time would be termination. I've seen how much IP violations can cost a company even if those violations were unintentional and were rectified before they were caught. Getting sued by Microsoft or Adobe for intentional piracy would put us out of business.

[Xenalyte]

If I had an employee visit those sites with my company's computer over my company's internet connection, I would want IT to kill his account until I were notified. Second time would be termination. I've seen how much IP violations can cost a company even if those violations were unintentional and were rectified before they were caught. Getting sued by Microsoft or Adobe for intentional piracy would put us out of business.

I gotta be honest . . . I've never heard of Microsoft or Adobe suing anyone for piracy as a result of browsing non-work sites. I'm not sure how the first part of your paragraph ends up where it ends up.