Illegal downloaders 'face UK ban'
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: clocktower
People in the UK who go online and illegally download music and films may have their internet access cut under plans the government is considering.
A draft consultation Green Paper suggests internet service providers would be required to take action over users who access pirated material.
Under a "three strikes" rule they would receive an e-mail warning, suspension, and then termination of their contract.
Six million people a year are estimated to download files illegally in the UK.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7240234.stm
Posted by: Alien5
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-file-sharing-8/t-the-end-near-illegal-filesharing-uk-277195
Posted by: clocktower
ooops soz :blush:
Posted by: J-dye
http://www.torrentfreedom.com/
i hope that service can save you guys :unsure:
Posted by: Submission
$17/month for VPN? try sh3lls or another place thats alot.
Posted by: xJohnxSmithx
well the simple solution is to rename everything so they say grandmas birthday #1 etc... Sites can stay as is and just rename the torrents being transferred. Maybe we should start making the move now.
Posted by: SenorBubbz
well the simple solution is to rename everything so they say grandmas birthday #1 etc... Sites can stay as is and just rename the torrents being transferred. Maybe we should start making the move now.
Well if we start now, they'll take note and configure whatever plan they have so that when they start this campaign, they'll be ready.
Posted by: xJohnxSmithx
ok good call but if the files are named X, how are they gonna know its really Y unless they go through the contents. That would be a major invasion of privacy.
Posted by: fOrUmAs
People in the UK who go online and illegally download music and films may have their internet access cut under plans the government is considering.
A draft consultation Green Paper suggests internet service providers would be required to take action over users who access pirated material.
this is nothing new and then again nothing will happend,the only thing what will happend is that ISP-s will lose they customers..and im sure they dont want that...
Posted by: SenorBubbz
ok good call but if the files are named X, how are they gonna know its really Y unless they go through the contents. That would be a major invasion of privacy.
Very true.... Either way, I doubt they'll go through with this because as Forumas said, they would lose tons of customers and they wouldn't like that at all.
Posted by: monk3y
damn people are getting their noses where they shouldn't
isn't it some kind of a privacy violation ?!?!?!
Posted by: clocktower
http://torrentfreak.com/illegal-downloaders-will-not-face-uk-ban-080212/
Posted by: Sylar666
Yes, that TF - article rocks. Good read.
Posted by: 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.
Posted by: popcop23
what a bummer...
Posted by: TYPE R
ffs! thx 4 the info m8.
Posted by: 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.
Posted by: 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