[Namroc]

People in the UK who go online and illegally download music and films may have their internet access cut under plans the government is considering. A draft consultation suggests internet service providers would be required to take action over users who access pirated material. .

Read the full article here.

[Dave C]

Originally Posted by Namroc

People in the UK who go online and illegally download music and films may have their internet access cut under plans the government is considering. A draft consultation suggests internet service providers would be required to take action over users who access pirated material. .

Read the full article here.

Ooh yes, I'd certainly vote for a government who tried to pass this law

[solaris]

Originally Posted by Namroc

People in the UK who go online and illegally download music and films may have their internet access cut under plans the government is considering. A draft consultation suggests internet service providers would be required to take action over users who access pirated material. .

Read the full article here.

Yeah, I saw it this morning - it is really worrying


As I have told you earlier: We're on an extremely slippery slope here. In a (very) few years each and every capital interest will demand competition of any kind blocked - and not just at DNS-level - if this goes through in any part of our beloved Western Democracies

It will end up like it is in China - just worse - because here it will be money interests trying to control the Internet - and not the government

And soon after that we will see exactly the same thing, when it comes to for instance religion and politics


On a more positive node:
In Denmark the ISP's have FINALLY decided to fight back - I sure hope it isn't too late

[solaris]

Originally Posted by Namroc

People in the UK who go online and illegally download music and films may have their internet access cut under plans the government is considering. A draft consultation suggests internet service providers would be required to take action over users who access pirated material. .

Read the full article here.

I certainly don't hope any of the British members of Parliament have teenage children - because if they have, they (the politicians themselves) face an imminent risk of being hurt by the very same law they are about to pass

[Hirs Ute]

Originally Posted by solaris

I certainly don't hope any of the British members of Parliament have teenage children - because if they have, they (the politicians themselves) face an imminent risk of being hurt by the very same law they are about to pass

It's OK, they'll put bits in the law referring to Ministerial Exception so only the man, woman and child on the street will get hurt

[astroman]

Originally Posted by solaris

I certainly don't hope any of the British members of Parliament have teenage children - because if they have, they (the politicians themselves) face an imminent risk of being hurt by the very same law they are about to pass

Since when have UK politicians been subject to the law?

[radioshoes]

I heard yesterday that the association of ISPs have already told the government the scheme is unworkable, since they can't be expected to know which packets of information passing through their cables are legit and which aren't. More to the point, which of them would want to be faced with telling thousands of customers to get lost and take their money elsewhere?

[Mellifluous]

This really makes me sick. It's a green paper, so hopefully it won't get passed. I think I'll email my MP to express my misgivings about this.

If this law gets put through, and media providers don't create better legal downloading content (i.e. open formats, high quality, unrestricted around the world), then home broadband services are going to cease to exist.