Cookie Thief
ISPs to Start Throttling Pirates
Full story.ISPs are getting ready to seriously crack down on piracy by July 12. These ISPs include Comcast, Cablevision, Verizon, Time Warner Cable and other bandwidth providers. What they will be looking out for is music, movies and software illegally downloaded by subscribers.
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Above the Rest
*facepalm*
What I don't understand is: the ISPs can sign as many mutual agreements with MPAA and RIAA as they want, but isn't it against the law to spy on user's behaviour? Is this approved by any court?
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old school
is this happening for those just inside the USA or are other countries isp's following suit as well?Originally Posted by Knightshade
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Cookie Thief
well it was illegal and an invasion of privacy at one point but in our recent history we allowed them to pass a little law called the patriot act which gives them the right to spy on anyone at anytime for any reason further more it also gives them the ability to detain anyone indefinitely.*facepalm*
What I don't understand is: the ISPs can sign as many mutual agreements with MPAA and RIAA as they want, but isn't it against the law to spy on user's behaviour? Is this approved by any court?
Welcome to the USA, the country of unlmited possibilities!
not sure I will have to do more research on the matter and get back to you man.
There is a difference between ignorance and stupidity ignorant people can be taught
stupid people need to be shot.
Vagrant Wizard
Yes, though it seems it won't stop the RIAA from trying.*facepalm*
What I don't understand is: the ISPs can sign as many mutual agreements with MPAA and RIAA as they want, but isn't it against the law to spy on user's behaviour? Is this approved by any court?
Welcome to the USA, the country of unlmited possibilities!
At Knightshade: The Patriot Act doesn't apply to corporations, last I knew.
old school
just a quick thought but how are the isp's going to know the difference between you downloading a legal file and an illegal file?
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The Wavemaster
They'll probably filter IP's from sites they register as ok and sites that allow piracy :/ but thats just my guess.just a quick thought but how are the isp's going to know the difference between you downloading a legal file and an illegal file?
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Above the Rest
How sad is that? I mean what the music and movie industry is trying to accomplish is to take measures as harsh as anti-terrorism measures: constant surveillance, invasion of privacy etc.
And this time, they are willing to scavange through private files of ALL people surfing the internet? But what am I asking, of course they would, it's money against human rights for christ's sake, you got to get your priorities straight, right?
IMHO, in order to put this bulls*** into practice, they have to use some kind of software (deep-packet inspection) or am I mistaken? But DPI doesn't work on encrypted files...
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I've never paid much attention to US law really, but if Corporations can have the legal rights of an individual (which they did last time I read about it a while back)
I've been given the impression that the Patriot Act covers individuals and entities anyway......but I can't see how pirates could be covered by the act.
Unless it's classified as economic terrorism, maybe
I dunno.
But......if you think about the big picture, this business of US ISP's throttling shouldn't surprise people given what's happened lately with file sharing, the media industry being retards (and government listening to them)......not to mention the mess the economy is in over there.
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Cookie Thief
As far as surprising nothing done by the government or the corporations of this country surprises me any more.
I just stumbled upon this news and felt the need to share to let other people that live in the once land of the free(not saying I don't appreciate the freedoms we are allowed I know there are far worse countries I could be living in.) what's on the horizon.
Last edited by Knightshade; 16th-March-2012 at 18:24.
There is a difference between ignorance and stupidity ignorant people can be taught
stupid people need to be shot.
Above the Rest
At least in Germany, the ISP refused to cooperate with the content industry on that matter, just read a news about it.
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Good thing I have sprint I guess.
Tokusatsu Dork
Good thing I stopped torrenting years ago.
