UK Terminating Naughty File Sharers By April '10
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: UK, Internet, P2P, Sharing, Terminating | Themes: The Internet, Digital Entertainment
The UK will begin cutting off persistent file sharers beginning April 2010.
Wednesday Lord Mandelson, the British Secretary of State for Business, said that "persistent offenders" will be kicked off the Internet beginning April 2010. The announcement came during the government's digital creative industries conference, saying that the days of "consequence-fee" illegal file sharing are over.
However, the consequence won't be an immediate disconnection. According to Lord Mandelson, the technical measures to ban file sharers will be the government's last resort. The Guardian reports that persistent file sharers will receive two warning letters, but if file sharing has not dropped by at least 70-percent by April 2010, the offending parties will be informed of the termination and be given a chance to make an appeal.
"I have no expectation of mass suspensions resulting," he said. Although the termination date is set for April 2010, the actual process may be introduced three months later, July 2010. The government plans to implement the new anti-piracy strategy in the digital economy bill in late November, however ISPs are already threatening to launch legal action if the government follows through with its plan.
"The approach is based on the principle of 'guilty until proven innocent' and substitutes proper judicial process for a kangaroo court," said Andrew Heaney, the executive director of strategy and regulation at TalkTalk. "We know this approach will lead to wrongful accusations." TalkTalk said that disconnecting consumers infringes upon human rights, and is considered as "extra-judicial technical measures."
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hahahahaha yeah right.
what a waste of time and money
Shut up losers, don't be scared that someone might be hot on your asses.
consequence-fee?
Shut up losers, don't be scared that someone might be hot on your asses.
I hope you're not trying to get hot on my ass, I don't swing that way.
I somehow don't see this working at all. If you use encrypted transports, how can they prove what you're sharing is illegal?
I see tons of ways to beat that system.
Wait until it spreads to the USA...
Every freedom we gain is being taken away by those who don't know their limits...
If some dumb fuckers where not earning massive amounts of money from downloading from the internet, the notion of file sharing would probably not even existed in government cycles...
If you really want to watch a movie, it's ok to quickly download that movie and watch it. Noone's killed because of that; but it's another thing with those who have monthly traffic of over 300GB;
Then there's something wrong!
The law does not differ much of abusing internet as it does about abusing speed regulations.
You're in a hurry, and are driving 50 MPH in a place where you can drive only 40? Who gives a shit!
It's another thing to drive 130MPH in a 40MPH zone!
Thanks to those, who're driving 90 and saying (after they had an accident) they where only driving 55, that we have these laws that you can almost lose your drivers license if you drive 25MPH to fast!
I'm not surprised; rather annoyed by those who abuse the system and freedom.
They are the reason that us normal civilians are forced to abide by the rules, and our freedom been taken away
The file sharers are getting kicked off in April, but "Lord" Mandelson, and the rest of the Labour Party are getting kicked out of office in May...
Personally I can hardly wait.
Someone should play a joke on a bunch of the leaders of the UK by getting them kicked off the internet..
Wait until it spreads to the USA...Every freedom we gain is being taken away by those who don't know their limits...
Your freedoms are being taken away because they can be. You don't stand up for them. The "abusers" have no more to do with it than you do. Blame the government for removing your freedoms, but blame yourself and the whole population for letting them.
watever happened to the good old days when what you did on the net stayed on the net, what ever happened to privacy laws, what happened to privacy over the years, so what? if i send a confidential document over the net, does my isp see it? can my isp read it? in my country our lawyers would have a field day if they tried this crap!!!
I hope you're not trying to get hot on my ass, I don't swing that way.
With a stupid comment like that, I wouldn't expect much more.
yay, no more consequence fees
It wont end up happening.
The ISPs are completely against it, why should they be made to pay to cut off their customers?
Also, people will just begin using their neighbours wifi.
He is just trying to look as if he's doing something before he inevitably becomes a shadow.
It won't happen. No one is going to get blacklisted from the interwebz.
Blocked from the net? That's like depriving me of food and water.
Blocked from the net? That's like depriving me of food and water.
That's really sad.
Personally I don't think that the ISP, government, or any group (looking at your RIAA) has any right to view where I go, what I see, or what I download, in my home on my internet connection.
My phone records are sealed from the government unless a warrant is issued, they can't tap my phone without a warrant. Personally I think that ISPs should encrypt all data between my modem and the modem of the site I am accessing. And if a warrant is issued then the encryption key and my records handed over. However, no one has the right to look over my shoulder while I use the internet, sorry but to hell with big brother laws and interest groups.
The fact that the RIAA is allowed to trace users in the privacy of our own homes is a slap in the face to the Constitution. A class action law suite for privacy rights violation should be launched by everyone ever sued by that group.
Blocked from the net? That's like depriving me of food and water.
That's really sad.
How long could you last without the net?
I know we all could, but for some of us, the internet has replaced our other forms of socializing, entertainment, education etc. completely.
If it comes down to it, and I have to decide to buy decent food and no net, or eat crappy food but keep my net up, it's a no-brainer to me, I'll just eat cheap shitty food.
And yeah, we'll just use the neighbors Wifi. 7 people were stealing my neighbors net at once, and she didn't even know about it for years...
How long could you last without the net?I know we all could, but for some of us, the internet has replaced our other forms of socializing, entertainment, education etc. completely.
It has for me as well, but I wouldn't compare it to food and water. The Internet is a bonus, not a staple.
There is a petition against this *started by talk talk* here: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/dontdisconnectus/
without the internet, this country (the UK) is a joke. the only non-drug induced enjoyment you can get in this country is through communicating with people from better-off countries like serbia, bulgaria, poland.
Use encryption while you are dling, Court people cannot prove that. They're finished. Unless you forget to encrypt your HDD just like man with CCTV last week.
Please, all they have to do is confiscate your HD and ask how you got all those movies, songs, or software.
What happened to privacy? You thieves destroyed it. There's so much piracy going on that the need to stop this outweighs privacy concerns. People can only tolerate so much crime and theft before they abandon the live and let live attitude. Thanks pirates, you so abused the anonymity of the internet that it forced authorities to act. Supporter's arguments fall on deaf ears when billions of dollars worth of stuff is being pirated every month, how long are they supposed to let it continue?
stupid Lord Mandel F@cker!!!!
kicked-off the internet...yeah right, like that's gonna happen
Your freedoms are being taken away because they can be. You don't stand up for them. The "abusers" have no more to do with it than you do. Blame the government for removing your freedoms, but blame yourself and the whole population for letting them.
and this is the reason why chimps like George W bush and Sarah Palin are able to get into office. good luck U.S.A. you have no one but yourselves to blame.
...My phone records are sealed from the government unless a warrant is issued, they can't tap my phone without a warrant...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....oh...you are so cute thinking that you are "protected" from acts such as this. Have you really forced yourself to believe that the Constitution and Bill of Rights still protects you?
Your phone records are tracked every minute of the day. Your conversations can be listened in on at any time without a warrent. Your location can be tracked using your cellphone...even when turned off. Your internet traffic is monitored right now. Hell...even what you watch on TV is logged not to mention the mysterious little microphones that were found in most of the cable boxes out there.
You keep believing that things like the Patriot Act, Homeland Security and Carnivore were created for your best interest.
stupid Lord Mandel F@cker!!!!
There is no "need" for unwarranted invasion of privacy. Even Sex offenders have rights.
And whats stopping the "Illegal" file sharers from stealing the internet from their neighbor who's too stupid to secure their wireless connection.
This is a war that cannot be won... an unstoppable force meeting and immovable object. The more they take the freedoms of people the closer the revolution will come.
Please, all they have to do is confiscate your HD and ask how you got all those movies, songs, or software. What happened to privacy? You thieves destroyed it. There's so much piracy going on that the need to stop this outweighs privacy concerns. People can only tolerate so much crime and theft before they abandon the live and let live attitude. Thanks pirates, you so abused the anonymity of the internet that it forced authorities to act. Supporter's arguments fall on deaf ears when billions of dollars worth of stuff is being pirated every month, how long are they supposed to let it continue?
Ummm.. this is happening in the UK. Secondarily, piracy on the internet is not the crime to end all crime. Acting like this is the most paramount issue of law only shows how little you actually know about the law and reality around you. Lets see... rape, murder, genocide... downloading GI Joe the Movie.. uhh yeah.