Illegal downloaders 'face UK ban'

[monk3y]

damn people are getting their noses where they shouldn't

isn't it some kind of a privacy violation ?!?!?!

[clocktower]

http://torrentfreak.com/illegal-down...uk-ban-080212/

[Sylar666]

Yes, that TF - article rocks. Good read.

[SgtMajor]

And we would just go the SSL route anyway if push came to shove, via newsgroups or seedboxes, it's all bluster and posturing by the suits, they got their 15 minutes (and more again) of fame of putting downloading in the headlines once more, it was all scare tactics and therefore nothing to worry about.

[popcop23]

what a bummer...

[TYPE R]

ffs! thx 4 the info m8.

[dunson]

Hopefully those of you across the pond are not seriously effected.

But a point about the loss of customers and the ISP's profits. It is important to consider that the customers they would be losing use more bandwith and create a need for more oversight (staff to receive & enforce infringement notices etc.) and filesharers are likely a very unprofitable group for the ISP's. So, cutting the worst offenders of the 6 million out (hypothetically-since they would surely net a few modest offenders who were simply unlucky or naive) is probably a good move for their bottom line since it cuts costs and reduces the stress on the network.

Some actual numbers would clear this up of course.

[bikernin]

the TF article is brilliant. nothin left to be said
anybody have a copy of the book by the author? sounds like a good read