Net pirates to be 'disconnected'

[Zoot7]

Originally Posted by TheBuzzSaw http://techdirt.com/articles/20091103/0434486780.shtml The MPAA is LOLtastic.

It really is becoming laughable at this stage.

[fela]

Yes, here in the UK we have the BNP and stupid people trying to stop piracy. I mean, how the feg could they differentiate illegal from legal P2P? What about people innocently downloading Ubuntu isos or sharing their holiday photos with their grandma (if you like stereotypes)? Yeah, it's complete paradise over here. Everything's just wonderful (TM), in the land of Newspeak and telescreens and...oops that's going a bit far!

[fela]

Originally Posted by ukripper Your ISP can easily identify if you are file sharing but it is very hard to identify each download done is legal or illegal. That is my point.

And until they develop ways of differentiating it - hopefully they never will - people will forever illegally share their prawns and there'll be heaps upon heaps of unsolved 'cases' - unless the user is stupid enough not to

for i in /directory/containing/seven/files/* ; \
do dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda ; done

before the police start knocking on the door.

[ukripper]

Originally Posted by TheBuzzSaw http://techdirt.com/articles/20091103/0434486780.shtml The MPAA is LOLtastic.

How absurd is that statement - "Internet will die"

[bryncoles]

Originally Posted by ukripper Finally someone realises the fact - "File-sharers are big spenders too" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8337887.stm

Indeed. Where I'm from, this is called "biting the hand that feeds you". I have seen evidence before that filesharing simply results in the redistribution of wealth amongst the entertainment industry - allowing people to spend equal amounts of money on related leisure pursuits.

Now seems they also spend additional money on music and the music industry - £77 compared to the national average of £44 (and to our international friends, this '£' is a 'pound sign'. This '#' is a 'hash sign'. The former denotes sterling, the latter simply denotes the use of a number. I have seen, in this very forum, '#' referred to as a pound sign, and it annoys me! [/off-topic rant]).

So, to protect big business we are going to deprive its best customers of the means by which they patronise big business.

Er...

[ukripper]

Take that Mandy ----->>>In Mandelson’s face – http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2252553/...e-fate-illegal

“In two votes, 88 per cent of the European Parliament decided that internet service providers (ISPs) and regulators, such as Ofcom in the UK, cannot restrict individuals' access to the internet, even if they are illegal file sharers and downloaders.”



EU shines always..........

[TheBuzzSaw]

The media industries seem to think that there was no Internet until they decided to join it (10 years after it had gone mainstream). I say, go ahead. Get off the Internet. Watch the Internet thrive, er, "die" without you.

[Zoot7]

Originally Posted by ukripper Take that Mandy ----->>>In Mandelson’s face – http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2252553/...e-fate-illegal “In two votes, 88 per cent of the European Parliament decided that internet service providers (ISPs) and regulators, such as Ofcom in the UK, cannot restrict individuals' access to the internet, even if they are illegal file sharers and downloaders.” EU shines always..........

I jumped for joy when I read that , here:
http://torrentfreak.com/file-sharers...lation-091105/

[nadian]

I'll jump with you - when I find out what the "fair and impartial" procedure consists of,

[Exodist]

Originally Posted by bonfire89 maybe less people would pirate material if the people producing it didn't make such obscene amounts of money.

The artist themselfs for the most part dont make that much money from record sales. But the record companies that make the CDs and sell them are making a killing. 20.00 USD for a disc that cost only 0.05 USD to make is way to high. Yea a few out there like Metalica and U2 do make alot more money per CD sale, but thats becuase they reworked their contracts.