Oh brother...

[Libra]

Not that ANY of us would do this here, but I figured I share this. Another attempt by the government.
Love how our privacy is flying out the window these days.

http://usercash.com/go/1/57671/http:...cle3353387.ece

[_M_]

Not that ANY of us would do this here, but I figured I share this. Another attempt by the government.
Love how our privacy is flying out the window these days.

http://usercash.com/go/1/57671/http:...cle3353387.ece

6 million? That's it?

I figured 3 times as much.

It's not really privacy goin out the window, but the freedom to download over priced music, movies, and software. They shouldn't target people personally but the sites that allow it. Just make them have a nominal fee for using said site for downloads.

[spacetoon]

Oh here in Bahrain, it is a matter of internet speed; it is slower than its orginal speed. However, no one care here if you download or even buy downloaded movies, music. It is only one thing, don't talk about politics or you'll be thrown out of your house and be put to death, even. Down Down to hell Prime Minister of Bahrain. Hell is still waiting.

[MasJ]

Oh here in Bahrain, it is a matter of internet speed; it is slower than its orginal speed. However, no one care here if you download or even buy downloaded movies, music. It is only one thing, don't talk about politics or you'll be thrown out of your house and be put to death, even. Down Down to hell Prime Minister of Bahrain. Hell is still waiting.

Lol, that's a pretty psyched out scene you have over there. I'm in the UAE, nothing much happening here... you can talk about politics and stuff.. We should have some Gulf EP Meet, wonder how many visitors are from this side of the world..

[spacetoon]

Lol, that's a pretty psyched out scene you have over there. I'm in the UAE, nothing much happening here... you can talk about politics and stuff.. We should have some Gulf EP Meet, wonder how many visitors are from this side of the world..

Hehehe , you can talk there, but not here. Talk and your life will be gone, I assure you.

[skakidd]

if you enable encryption in your bt client youll be fine and as for everything you could use a canadian proxy.

[Panda Man]

Sucks for Britain

[Huey Kruthas]

I doubt it will get passed.

Big issue with it is the wireless internet thing. Too easy to get into other peoples networks from the outside. They would have to step up security, and even then passwords can be stolen pretty easily.

[Ktiger41]

Sucks for Britain

seconded.

bunch of the same old

[flamingcowpie]

I doubt it will get passed.

Big issue with it is the wireless internet thing. Too easy to get into other peoples networks from the outside. They would have to step up security, and even then passwords can be stolen pretty easily.

True true. Most intense stuff never gets working, and even so more websites will pop up for them illegal downloads. Downloading that kind of stuff is like deleting all porn from the internet. Even god himself knows it is IMPOSSIBLE!!!

[Chibi-Suke]

I doubt it will get passed.

Big issue with it is the wireless internet thing. Too easy to get into other peoples networks from the outside. They would have to step up security, and even then passwords can be stolen pretty easily.

And shared networks... like schools. It is sooo easy to get around a school filter and download something onto a disk, then load it into your computer... what I downloaded was legal though (a game called "trickster")... my internet wasn't working at the time.


SEIZURE ATTACK!!!

:morrigan: :Iron Man:

[grape_garden]

I love how they call it the Three Strikes Regime.

[Chibi-Suke]

I love how they call it the Three Strikes Regime.

It sounds like some kind of weird conspiracy.

[Elin]

I doubt it will get passed.

Big issue with it is the wireless internet thing. Too easy to get into other peoples networks from the outside. They would have to step up security, and even then passwords can be stolen pretty easily.

And that aside, there's simply the issue of how much the ISPs concerned would stand to lose. Illegal or nay, ISPs know that being able to pirate stuff is a massive incentive to pay for faster internet, even if it's not one that they can advertise on the box. Heck I could probably make do with 56k dialup if I didn't download anything. I wouldn't especially enjoy it, but I'm not sure I could justify the extra cost to myself without all the stuff I download illegally.

Obviously this wouldn't stamp out piracy in Britain completely. As someone else else mentioned, that's just...pretty impossible... But it would certainly be a big deterrent, especially to the less savvy and less brazen quarter of the market. So I think the ISPs will have to think carefully about the financial impact of such a decision. When it comes down to it, it's about a lot more than just doing the right thing.

What I'm wondering, actually, is that if it does get passed, where will they draw the line? Is receiving a song over MSN from an overseas friend 'piracy'? That seems a bit harsh when I can burn 4.7GB of music to a DVD for a friend that I know face to face here and never incur any kind of punishment. What about logging onto a completely private FTP? It seems like you're getting into somewhat dodgy territory when you start monitoring stuff like that...