Britain threatens ISPs with possible piracy legislation

[NucleusKore]

Britain will impose legislation on Internet service providers by April 2009 if they do not work with the music and film industries to curb illegal downloading, the government said Friday.

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[Gigacore]

bad news for british people

[naveen_reloaded]

just imagine this happens in india ???

do u think thiswill work in india?? imposed in the first place ??/

[NucleusKore]

It is really possible I'm afraid. We have a big population and that's = big money. Not hard to convince our political class I feel. But I really do not know, with mp3 CDs being sold in the open, how much impact will traffic shaping or other filtering have. The roadside fellow's pirated mp3 business will increase , just like its happening for novels.

I don't listen to much music, so it won't affect me. As long as they don't clamp down on downloading Linux distros I'm cool.

[nvidia]

^^lol
Hope this wont happen in India.

[naveen_reloaded]

Originally Posted by NucleusKore

It is really possible I'm afraid. We have a big population and that's = big money. Not hard to convince our political class I feel. But I really do not know, with mp3 CDs being sold in the open, how much impact will traffic shaping or other filtering have. The roadside fellow's pirated mp3 business will increase , just like its happening for novels.

I don't listen to much music, so it won't affect me. As long as they don't clamp down on downloading Linux distros I'm cool.

ya may be true that they could buy politicians.. but ISP`s wont take the bait... controlling indian internet( young individuals mostly) would be a disaster...
i dont think they will risk this kinda thing..

control todays internet in india = disaster waiting
many will simply switch isp or turn the old age black market to ge wht they want...

[Ramakrishnan]

There is a strong possibility of this happening in India also because we ape british and US systems the most.

[naveen_reloaded]

then i am ready to stop using BB and go the old fashioned way .. BLACKMARKET here i come....>>>

[ax3]

hope its waved off soon ...... if they shut down\block, many site from where v all download movies.music r OUT of order ..... noooooo ....

as almost many r hosted there ......