The British government today unveiled new rules that may lead to file sharers who repeatedly share copyrighted music and movies to temporarily lose their Internet access.
Despite being heavily criticized by civil rights groups and ISPs, the proposed rules changed from restricting users’ broadband speeds to blocking access to peer-to-peer networks and possibly banishment from the Internet. If agreed upon by lawmakers, the law could go into effect as early as 2011.
Representatives from the music and movie industries said the British government wasn’t doing enough to reduce file sharing, which led lawmakers to begin brainstorming possible legislation.
“The government has now reached the view that, if action was deemed necessary, this might be too long to wait given the pressure put on the creative industries by piracy,” the British government said in a statement. “The new ideas outlined today would potentially allow action to be taken earlier.”
France signed a similar file sharing bill into law in May, also creating a government agency designed specifically to track down Internet users who infringe on music or movie copyrights. However, legislative issues halted the law from being implemented, and almost two years after French President Nicolas Sarkozy first discussed the law, it still is unknown when enforcement will begin.
In the United States, similar laws have been shot down, even though the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has issued thousands of John Doe lawsuits against alleged file sharers. Since the current Obama administration has several former RIAA executives — and the DoJ recently enforced a fine against Jammie Thomas — there is concern by some privacy experts that similar laws could be proposed here in the US, in the future.
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I dont seem to see any of the media telling people that downloading any files is legal as long as you have an original of the file, e.g. If I have an xbox 360 game, I am legally allowed to download a backup from wherever
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Originally Posted by jammydav93
Agreed,
I dont seem to see any of the media telling people that downloading any files is legal as long as you have an original of the file, e.g. If I have an xbox 360 game, I am legally allowed to download a backup from wherever |
I just searched copyright law and it only allows backups for archival purposes and doesn't address downloading backups...
Anyhow its very hard for them to proove your a pirate,, and the ISPs are hugely against this idea as it means cutting off their own customers and by doing so losing a lot of money,
This law will be imposed, but only a few people will be made example of and it wont take off
http://www.bpi.co.uk/digital-music/a...line-faqs.aspx
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Originally Posted by jammydav93
...and the ISPs are hugely against this idea as it means cutting off their own customers and by doing so losing a lot of money,
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Is throwing people off their internet going to do anything more than piss some people off and watch as the fireworks start from those that have the capabilities to hack, slash and worm their way onto the varied ISP's? See Pirate Bay article.
Sooner or later it's going to come down to whom has the bigger d_ _ k... The aftermath will leave the rest of us scratching our collective heads and wondering, "Now what?!?!"
many of the options,is far from forward thinking.
The perfect society has no need of law.
Connect those dots.
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