BT ordered to block pirate links

Let's assume theoretically that all ISPs block all pirate content. Why have a 50Mb + connection? There is no reason other than downloading large files. And where do the majority of these large files come from? Newsgroups, torrents etc. Yes I'm well aware of steam and stuff like it where a fast connection would be a benefit, but downloading games is done infrequently.

We have flatscreen televisions that offer USB connectivity and allow AVIs/MPGs/MKVs to be played from an external hard drive / USB stick. We have the WDTV / Popcorn Hour that allow all types of media to be played on our 1080p tvs. There are blu-ray players and DVD players that offer USB connectivity for movie files. Yet the movie industry still resolutely refuses to move forward and offer a reasonably priced fully HD streaming/downloadable movie facility at a reasonable cost.

We still get movies released at different times around the world. We still get TV shows showing in USA months in advance of us poor people in the UK. And the major companies whinge and whine and try to get sites blocked instead of doing the one rational sensible thing. Compete with it! Offer a legitimate service that allows me to use my bandwidth! I want to see movies the same time as the rest of the world.

The rest of the technology world knows there is a market there and is capitalising on this market rooted in copyright theft. Publishers blindly refuse to adapt their business model to suit this changing market place.

With the move towards improving our infrastructure so that we can all enjoy 20Mb+ speeds what on earth is there out there to use this bandwidth legitimately? Nothing.

The entire movie industry needs a good shake up and to be brought kicking and screaming into the present.
 
ExRayTed said:
Let's assume theoretically that all ISPs block all pirate content. Why have a 50Mb + connection? There is no reason other than downloading large files. And where do the majority of these large files come from? Newsgroups, torrents etc. Yes I'm well aware of steam and stuff like it where a fast connection would be a benefit, but downloading games is done infrequently.

We have flatscreen televisions that offer USB connectivity and allow AVIs/MPGs/MKVs to be played from an external hard drive / USB stick. We have the WDTV / Popcorn Hour that allow all types of media to be played on our 1080p tvs. There are blu-ray players and DVD players that offer USB connectivity for movie files. Yet the movie industry still resolutely refuses to move forward and offer a reasonably priced fully HD streaming/downloadable movie facility at a reasonable cost.

We still get movies released at different times around the world. We still get TV shows showing in USA months in advance of us poor people in the UK. And the major companies whinge and whine and try to get sites blocked instead of doing the one rational sensible thing. Compete with it! Offer a legitimate service that allows me to use my bandwidth! I want to see movies the same time as the rest of the world.

The rest of the technology world knows there is a market there and is capitalising on this market rooted in copyright theft. Publishers blindly refuse to adapt their business model to suit this changing market place.

With the move towards improving our infrastructure so that we can all enjoy 20Mb+ speeds what on earth is there out there to use this bandwidth legitimately? Nothing.

The entire movie industry needs a good shake up and to be brought kicking and screaming into the present.
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Couldn't agree more. What reason is there to torrent tv shows if they're aired at the same time? I'd just watch it or record it on my sky box. I'm not going to wait a month to watch something I can obtain in 10 minutes instead.

edit: legitimate reason for bandwidth: pack more advertising content onto webpages :/
 
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ExRayTed said:
Let's assume theoretically that all ISPs block all pirate content. Why have a 50Mb + connection? There is no reason other than downloading large files. And where do the majority of these large files come from? Newsgroups, torrents etc. Yes I'm well aware of steam and stuff like it where a fast connection would be a benefit, but downloading games is done infrequently.

We have flatscreen televisions that offer USB connectivity and allow AVIs/MPGs/MKVs to be played from an external hard drive / USB stick. We have the WDTV / Popcorn Hour that allow all types of media to be played on our 1080p tvs. There are blu-ray players and DVD players that offer USB connectivity for movie files. Yet the movie industry still resolutely refuses to move forward and offer a reasonably priced fully HD streaming/downloadable movie facility at a reasonable cost.

We still get movies released at different times around the world. We still get TV shows showing in USA months in advance of us poor people in the UK. And the major companies whinge and whine and try to get sites blocked instead of doing the one rational sensible thing. Compete with it! Offer a legitimate service that allows me to use my bandwidth! I want to see movies the same time as the rest of the world.

The rest of the technology world knows there is a market there and is capitalising on this market rooted in copyright theft. Publishers blindly refuse to adapt their business model to suit this changing market place.

With the move towards improving our infrastructure so that we can all enjoy 20Mb+ speeds what on earth is there out there to use this bandwidth legitimately? Nothing.

The entire movie industry needs a good shake up and to be brought kicking and screaming into the present.
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+1
 
ExRayTed said:
Let's assume theoretically that all ISPs block all pirate content. Why have a 50Mb + connection? There is no reason other than downloading large files. And where do the majority of these large files come from? Newsgroups, torrents etc. Yes I'm well aware of steam and stuff like it where a fast connection would be a benefit, but downloading games is done infrequently.

We have flatscreen televisions that offer USB connectivity and allow AVIs/MPGs/MKVs to be played from an external hard drive / USB stick. We have the WDTV / Popcorn Hour that allow all types of media to be played on our 1080p tvs. There are blu-ray players and DVD players that offer USB connectivity for movie files. Yet the movie industry still resolutely refuses to move forward and offer a reasonably priced fully HD streaming/downloadable movie facility at a reasonable cost.

We still get movies released at different times around the world. We still get TV shows showing in USA months in advance of us poor people in the UK. And the major companies whinge and whine and try to get sites blocked instead of doing the one rational sensible thing. Compete with it! Offer a legitimate service that allows me to use my bandwidth! I want to see movies the same time as the rest of the world.

The rest of the technology world knows there is a market there and is capitalising on this market rooted in copyright theft. Publishers blindly refuse to adapt their business model to suit this changing market place.

With the move towards improving our infrastructure so that we can all enjoy 20Mb+ speeds what on earth is there out there to use this bandwidth legitimately? Nothing.

The entire movie industry needs a good shake up and to be brought kicking and screaming into the present.
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This omg! Couldn't agree more! :O
 
ExRayTed said:
Let's assume theoretically that all ISPs block all pirate content. Why have a 50Mb + connection?
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Because the industry is moving rapidly towards a download model? PC software distribution is pretty much there already and the next generation of consoles will heavily push downloads (even more than they do so now). BT already offer an IPtv service and the major broadcast channels also all offer catchup/streaming applications too. That is aside from the specialist user that also downloads large software files legally.

To say you only need a 50Mb connection purely for pirate content is rubbish and is effectively ignoring the future of media distribution.

ExRayTed said:
Yet the movie industry still resolutely refuses to move forward and offer a reasonably priced fully HD streaming/downloadable movie facility at a reasonable cost.
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The problem here is that what you probably consider reasonable cost is probably not what the media companies consider reasonable cost. Take music for example, at less than £1 a track people still pirate. Probably because no matter how reasonable the industry offers their product it will always seem expensive next to "free".
 
ExRayTed said:
Let's assume theoretically that all ISPs block all pirate content. Why have a 50Mb + connection? There is no reason other than downloading large files. And where do the majority of these large files come from? Newsgroups, torrents etc. Yes I'm well aware of steam and stuff like it where a fast connection would be a benefit, but downloading games is done infrequently.

We have flatscreen televisions that offer USB connectivity and allow AVIs/MPGs/MKVs to be played from an external hard drive / USB stick. We have the WDTV / Popcorn Hour that allow all types of media to be played on our 1080p tvs. There are blu-ray players and DVD players that offer USB connectivity for movie files. Yet the movie industry still resolutely refuses to move forward and offer a reasonably priced fully HD streaming/downloadable movie facility at a reasonable cost.

We still get movies released at different times around the world. We still get TV shows showing in USA months in advance of us poor people in the UK. And the major companies whinge and whine and try to get sites blocked instead of doing the one rational sensible thing. Compete with it! Offer a legitimate service that allows me to use my bandwidth! I want to see movies the same time as the rest of the world.

The rest of the technology world knows there is a market there and is capitalising on this market rooted in copyright theft. Publishers blindly refuse to adapt their business model to suit this changing market place.

With the move towards improving our infrastructure so that we can all enjoy 20Mb+ speeds what on earth is there out there to use this bandwidth legitimately? Nothing.

The entire movie industry needs a good shake up and to be brought kicking and screaming into the present.
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Oh god such fail.
I have 50mb and don't use such sites.
I use steams and iTunes, Blinkbox. There's also sites like Zune and Netflix.
The companies are moving towards download focused content and have been for some time.
Most tv and films are released within days of each in USA and uk,myhese days. Especially popular series.
 
There is, or was, a percentage of sales of cassette tapes that went to 'the music industry' as I recall, to compensate them for all the home taping that was killing music.

Maybe a similar 'tax' could be slapped on blank media and MP3 players in a similarly untargeted but pragmatic way of acknowledging that, hey, it goes on and actually it isn't hurting sales much and there isn't much can be done about it but here's some money to compensate you for your incalculable losses.
 
Seriously if you dont want your 50 mb line, can I haz it???

I am meant to have 20 mb through sky, the most I ever get is 6-8 mb, and my average is 1-2 mb.

I can never download anything, games on steam take me forever to download, and oftentimes my internet is too slow to stream youtube videos.

Right now I'm actually connected on my 3G, because for the last 36 hours my sky broadband has gone absolutely crap, taking several minutes just to load one internet page.
 
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