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| james73 |
Plug pulled on "web pirates"Plug pulled on web piratesPeople who download music and films illegally face being cut off from the web under plans being considered by ministers. Internet service providers could be legally obliged to take action against those who access pirate material. Users suspected of breaking the rules would be subject to a "three strikes and you're out" policy, receiving an e-mailed warning first, followed by a suspension, and then finally termination of their internet contract. The Government is expected to confirm that it intends to legislate on the issue when it publishes a green paper on the future of the creative industries next week. Broadband firms which fail to enforce the rules could reportedly be prosecuted, and details of suspected customers made available to the courts. A draft of the green paper reportedly states: "We will move to legislate to require internet service providers to take action on illegal filesharing." Some six million people are estimated to download files illegally every year in the UK, costing music and film companies billions in lost revenue. Major ISPs such as BT, Virgin and Tiscali have been in talks with the entertainment industry over introducing a voluntary scheme for policing pirate activity, but no agreement has been reached. Sticking points are thought to include how disputed allegations would be arbitrated - for example, when customers claim other people have been "piggybacking" on their internet service. --------------------------------------- Policing the tinterweb, eh? 
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| glasgowken |
How long will it take to find a way past this, five minutes ? 
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| james73 |
Another case of politicians pontificating on something they know next to nothing
about. So they want to police the internet? They're about 30 years too late... James H |
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| cybers |
When will they realise they cant control the internet as it belongs not to them or to the ISP's but to the people.
If they were not so busy trying to rip us off in the first place would there be a need to even be discussing the matter... This has just gotten harder at their bequest as they wanted to make the uk the most user friendly wi-fi state... Decreeing that ISP's should be doing more to share the bandwidth of Joe Bloggs with everyone so we can all file share on someone elses I.P. So you download the top 40 and your nieghbour gets arrested for it... Oh and they also made it law that you are responsible for whatever is downloaded via your Wireless... Two words are attached to any government plan to regulate the internet whilst making me responsible for my Wireless connection and the second ones OFF !!! What a joke ... they cant even stop twats like Gary Glitter but then theres no profit in children is there !!! |
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| Hugo Drax |
Typical! They like to do headline grabbing stuff like this when we all know they should just get their sleeves rolled up and get on with administering the country. How about some basic good governance in our government for a change? | ||
| james73 |
Google must divulge YouTube log
Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled. The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement. Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called the ruling a "set-back to privacy rights". The viewing log, which will be handed to Viacom, contains the log-in ID of users, the computer IP address (online identifier) and video clip details. While the legal battle between the two firms is being contested in the US, it is thought the ruling will apply to YouTube users and their viewing habits everywhere. Viacom, which owns MTV and Paramount Pictures, has alleged that YouTube is guilty of massive copyright infringement. Legal action When it initiated legal action in March 2007 the firm said it had identified about 160,000 unauthorised clips of its programmes on the website, which had been viewed more than 1.5 billion times. Following the launch of its billion-dollar lawsuit, YouTube introduced filtering tools in an effort to prevent copyright materials from appearing on the site. The US court declined Viacom's request that Google be forced to hand over the source code of YouTube, saying it was a "trade secret" that should not be disclosed. But it said privacy concerns expressed by Google about handing over the log were "speculative". The ruling will see the viewing habits of millions of YouTube users given to Viacom, totalling more than 12 terabytes of data. Viacom said it wanted the data to "compare the attractiveness of allegedly infringing video with that of non-infringing videos." 'Erroneous ruling' The EFF said: "The Court's erroneous ruling is a set-back to privacy rights, and will allow Viacom to see what you are watching on YouTube. "We urge Viacom to back off this overbroad request and Google to take all steps necessary to challenge this order and protect the rights of its users." The body said the ruling was also potentially unlawful because the log data did contain personally identifiable data. The court also ruled that Google disclose to YouTube the details of all videos that have been removed from the site for any reason. 
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| Stuball |
Its not the viewers the need to hit, its the uploaders | ||
| poodiecat |
Re: Plug pulled on "web pirates"
Well the times I downloaded the most music via P2P was also the time I bought the most concert tickets and CDs because I got to know so many more artists! Music industry, stuff that in your pipe and smoke it.
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