UK ISPs to Become Piracy Cops
UK ISPs to Become Piracy Cops
January 16, 2009
" UK communications minister Lord Carter has drafted new regulations that
will require ISPs to warn customers suspected of sharing copyrighted
material, that they are acting illegally. Furthermore, ISPs will have
to hand over details of repeated infringers to the entertainment
industry and other rights holders. "
:source: Source: TorrentFreak
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wow, good thing I live in america lol!
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eugh. time to use the nieghbours wireless
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Piracy? I can't even swim!
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Originally Posted by
Ubuntuburningm
wow, good thing I live in america lol!
lol... good for u:lol:....
i donno.. when it will be here.. here also one leading ISP got case from music companys like sony BMG..
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Will not work the ISP is more into profit than policing how foolish.
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Originally Posted by
Windy72
Will not work the ISP is more into profit than policing how foolish.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. ISPs will keep an eye out for illegal activity......but I doubt there will be an big increase of people being caught...if there even is an increase. It's all about the money, and always will be.
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Originally Posted by
Aliyans
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Originally Posted by
Ubuntuburningm
wow, good thing I live in america lol!
lol... good for u:lol:....
i donno.. when it will be here.. here also one leading ISP got case from music companys like sony BMG..
The U.K. is the closest country the Western world has to a police state. The United States doesn't approach the severity of the civil liberty violations the U.K. has enforced in the name of public security.
Read this this and this.
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Who's going to pay ISP for those policing work?