ISPs to be ordered to boot illegal downloaders

Personally I don't see it happening. The ISP aren't going to pull the plug on the illegal downloaders, purely because they will loose so much business.
 
Very complicated.

I think practically everyone would be booted off eventually, there are still ian incredible number of people who download illegal files unknowingly.

Also what about businesses?
 
Can't see ISP's enforcing that, as it would remove a massive amount of their customers.
 
I figured browsing over SSH would be the obvious answer. Slower, but it'll stop you getting hanged for stuff like this
 
Yup I think it'll happen, but if theres a problem theres a nerd to overcome it. They'll never beat piracy.
 
great way for people to get out of contract with crap isps, thats first thing i thought when i read it. If this sets in the educated will avoid being caught quite easily, and I can imagine a few people doing it to get out of contract with companys if they were being forced to continue due to commitment etc. :)
 
Well France are going to monitor downloaders, and filter copyrighted information, I can see it rolling out across the EU at the very least.


schnipps said:
How are they going to Police usenet? most people that do it dont use P2P.
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Just ban anyone downloading huge amounts. The old sledge hammer approach.
 
schnipps said:
How are they going to Police usenet? most people that do it dont use P2P.
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Places like Giagnews now support SSL connections. Good luck them trying to figure out that :). Of course, Giganews + SSL implies slightly dodgy downloadings :p
 
Masterdog said:
Aye, think it's unlikely to get off the ground. Even if it does, wouldn't an anonymiser be an easy way round it?
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Not really, your ISP still knows who you are.

Only if you're tunnelling out and bringing the stuff in without their knowledge (they'd see data being transferred but it wouldn't be as readily identifiable) would this be easy to get around.
 
Firstly giganews and ssl should sort this lot out. They then can't go around banning anyone that downloads lots or they then cant sell unlimited connections. :p
 
I have to love the way everyone expects the ISP to turn a blind eye to illegal activities...

Also as the article says, this would be based on proven activity, not suspicion, so they wouldn't be cutting massive numbers of people off anyway.

Doesn't really bother me either way, I buy my content.
 
Hrm, I sent this text in to BBC 1 Radio a minute ago and just got a call on my answer phone from Newsbeat wanting to talk about it?!!

Here's what I said:

"I can go online and download a tool which will make it impossible for ISPs to see what I'm doing [I'm talking about the likes of Tor]. Monitoring downloads is just an invasion of privacy and will not hinder hard-core pirates who are already using measures which stop ISPs seeing what they are really up to online. The problem that needs to be addressed is the price, availability and restrictions currently associated with music and films, but the production companies are too stubborn to accept the fact that their products are now worth less, and would rather force us in to an overpriced market than cater for what consumers demand at a price they are willing to pay."

I don't know whether to call them back or not... It'd be cool to chat but I've got a pretty awful phone manner - some reason I find it hard to speak to people I don't know unless it's face-to-face.
 
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