Here We Go AGAIN...

[D'Snowth]

http://news.yahoo.com/net-providers-begin-warning-illegal-downloads-231923384--finance.html

Well... at least this time they're not trying to basically take the internet away from us.

 

[Sgt Floyd]

Oh, so software is free for the taking?

I wonder if this includes downloading stuff from youtube...I would imagine it might

 

[D'Snowth]

Probably.

So, basically, every single person on the entire planet is pretty much in trouble now...

 

[Teheheman]

Ya know, you can shut down just about all the video sites out there BUT there will STILL be people that'll skirt the law. You'll NEVER GET RID OF ALL OF EM! Besides, if you shut down the internet, you'll pretty much shut down society. You realize all the stuff people do on the internet now-in-days?

Daniel

 

[Drtooth]

I blame jerks that put up full movies that are in theaters at the time. They wind up going after people who download songs that are completely too obscure and out of print and unavailable in their country because they fail to go after jerkwads that put up The Avengers shot from a theater.

Of course, I'm sure there were a LOT of pirated copies of the Avengers on the internet... didn't exactly stop the film from being the third highest grossing film of all time.

 

[mr3urious]

Yes, leave The Pirate Bay alone, but go after YouTube instead. Makes wonderful sense.

 

[Sgt Floyd]

The thing is, this is nothing new. IPs have been cracking down on illegal downloading for a while. I know a few people have been charged with illegal downloading on campus (we get occasional emails about illegal downloading on campus ).

The penalty system is new, but if you actually read the article, it still only applies if the company who owns the copyrights chooses to go after you. Its not saying if you download one thing you automatically get a warning.

It's hard to say if this means they will be harder with the monitoring...honestly, I'm not entirely sure how a major company can track individual downloads of everyone on the internet, but I guess there's a way *shrugs*

 

[Drtooth]

Actually... it does. It's the same reason why Disney goes after Day Care centers for painting Mickey Mouse, yet completely ignores the lead paint covered bootlegged Incredibles toys, Chicken little "Sea Life" stickers, and Pooh plush made from poo fabric. One's just easier to deal with. Pirate Bay, you attack it, it manages to hide itself or attack back. It's much bigger than you'd think. Not to mention Youtube, unlike PB, is a legitimate company. If copyright is broken through them, they stand to lose money if they're sued. I'm sure Pirates bay would throw a couple sacrificial lambs at the lawyers and just move on to something else.

 

[D'Snowth]

And, it looks like the issue has arisen, yet again...

http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMT...ress-pushes-internet-freedom-u-103827845.html

 

[Drtooth]

Doesn't seem like it could go anywhere. Grover Norquest is, shockingly, against this sort of regulation, and he usually gets what he wants. It's the one decent and human thing about that spoiled rich little snotball.