Does this mean it'll be the end of downloads for the UK "consumers"? Illegal download ban splits industry Nicole Martin and Sophie Borland -- The Daily Telegraph (LONDON) , February 13, 2008 Wednesday PEOPLE who illegally download music should be banned from the internet under radical Government proposals that have divided the industry. Ministers want broadband companies to take action against the six million internet users in Britain who are suspected of accessing pirated material from the web. Under the "three strikes'' plans, those breaking the law will receive a warning email for the first offence and a temporary suspension from going online for the second. If they go on to commit a third crime they will have their web contract terminated and will no longer be able to access the internet. Every broadband company will be expected to enforce these rules and firms who fail to adhere to the guidelines could be prosecuted. While music companies yesterday welcomed the proposals, the body which represents broadband companies has claimed they would be unworkable. The Internet Service Provider Association said companies could not police the activities of all their customers. "We do not support abuses of copyright and intellectual property theft. However, internet service providers (ISPs) cannot monitor or record the type of information passed over their network,'' a spokesman said. "ISPs are no more able to inspect and filter every single packet passing across their network than the Post Office is able to open every envelope.'' The proposals are part of a Green Paper which the Department of Culture, Media and Sport is expected to launch next week in its drive to curb music piracy. Critics fear it would be difficult to decide on allegations that are disputed by customers who could claim another person has been using their internet service unauthorised. Geoff Taylor, the chief executive of BPI, which represents record labels in Britain, welcomed the proposals, saying that illegal downloading cost the music business hundreds of millions of pounds a year. "For years, ISPs have built a business on other people's music. Yet they have paid nothing to the creators of that music, and done little or nothing to address illegal downloading via their networks.'' A spokesman for the DCMS said: "Early drafts of our creative economy programme document were circulated to stakeholders for comment. "The content and proposals for the strategy have been significantly developed since then and a comprehensive plan to bolster the UK's creative industries will be published shortly.''
i doubt it... ever since the beginning, ISP knows that theres going to be illegal downloading, yet they still make higher and faster speed and for what? -----> to attract customers... so i dont think its even a remote possibility thats gonna happen
the record companies should stop wasting their time chasing after illegal downloads and actually fix their "talent" issue with their stars. Hell if their singers could actually produce decent songs i'm sure record sales would return back to normal levels... but i highly doubt they would do a ban...the reprecussions from it would be horrible
its too hard to mintor all the traffic. but then again its easy to pick out just ONE from a billion downloads and the source. this will require more then a few people to do. to tell you the truth, ive worked long enough with computers to tell you that even ISP's illegally download there materials to save some $$, in the industry saving money is the most imporant thing they keep in mind as the same as most other companies in any industry.
nah just admit people like everything free these days...lol and yea what the hell are fast internet speeds for if they are not used for downloading...sure you can download legal stuff with fast internet, but you already paid for the internet itself...Unnecessary Expense= NOT GOOD...so fuck the ban headbang2
it shit like this that lets you know the RIAA and MPAA has bought its way into important world governments. governments should be worried about murders, wars, maintaining peace... not who downloads an mp3 file.
if it's banned people will have no need for large quotas or speeds. The cheap plans will be sufficient for all internet usage. 20gb/month max will be sufficient. ISP's will go out of business
This won't ever go down... there's too many things out there that are considered gray area... Anime for example is a gray area... who's to say it is illegal? technically downloading any anime is illegal... but no one pursues it till it gets licensed in that country... so what is the country going to do about it? I like this quote:"For years, ISPs have built a business on other people's music. Yet they have paid nothing to the creators of that music, and done little or nothing to address illegal downloading via their networks.'' people like this should never ever have decision making power anywhere... if people wanted better speeds on ISPs just for music... we would still be on 56k i mean even then it only takes 30mins a song -.-; and while they're at it... they'll probably want to censor youtube too... buncha morons -.-;
That's what they are proposing to do here in Australia.. Getting ISP's to monitor uploads.. and work on like a 3 strokes out basis.. The internet generation of Australia would throw a revolt at the next election
