Internet ban on illegal downloading

[sidbobs 10]

This is never going to happen.

 

agreed, and if it does.....lets see em catch me

[hard2miss 10]

A DOS requires millions of zombie computers to simultaneously attack a specific IP.

 

The thing about comuters is we all know people in other countries and it only takes a good chain mail or the likes and it could be a regular occurance if people wanted it enough.

 

just look at the flash mob sindrome, every month a targeted attack and people power would win over Im sure.

[sidbobs 10]

A DOS requires millions of zombie computers to simultaneously attack a specific IP.

 

You would be more successful if you wrote an email telling everyone the website in question was giving away free LCD tv's than trying a DOS attack.

 

a DDOS attack does not need 'millions' of 'zombie' computers at all.......a mear 50-100 bots is sufficient...depending on the site

[hard2miss 10]

Every country will try and form its own laws and subdue the internet as we know today if our Gov gets away with this so Im sure others will see it for what it is and jump on the band wagon and try and overturn this.

[waggy 10]

No because then SSL would serve no purpose.

 

Good to know, ta. Though your isp doesn't have to catch you do they, only monitor your amount of traffic.

Edited August 26, 2009 by waggy

[fizzydrink 10]

have to wait and see if copyrouter is as good as they say, it intercepts your illegal download and offers the legal one instead but the charge is then added to your isp bill. as far as i can see its on trial in oz and is working as its designed to, but people are paying for the tracks at a greatly reduced rate, cant see how long that will last when its worldwide...... forgot to add this is not the older version that couldnt stop bit torrent.

Edited August 26, 2009 by fizzydrink
forgot to add

[zongamin 10]

I quite agree Serapis, we asked for CD prices to be reduced but nothing happened.It's entirely their own undoing .

 

Total rubbish.

 

Most new CDs are available for about £8, and, with spotify and we7 you can even listen to whole albums for free, as many times as you want, before buying them.

 

Any more excuses?

Edited August 26, 2009 by zongamin

[waddler8 10]

ok what about a dos attack ?

 

Illegal in this country and others. Punishable under UK law by up to two years in jail.

 

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1990/UKpga_19900018_en_1.htm

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2006/ukpga_20060048_en_7

 

http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2008/06/bentley-imprisoned.html

[L00b 441]

I imagine that using a small pic of Mr Jeremy would come under the fair use policy and be acceptable.

The "fair use" exemption to (U.S.) copyright law was created to allow things such as commentary, parody, news reporting, research and education about copyrighted works without the permission of the author.(maybe its just US law though.)

The bit in bold is correct, there is no fair use exemption in the UK. There are exemptions, but none which amount (in principle/function) to the US fair use exemption.

Not that I do a lot of downloading but whats it to do with our gov if I download somthing from abraod that is not covered by our countries copyright ? supposing I want somthing that isnt copyrighted over here but its classed as downloading copyrighted material anyhow? how would that work ?

Copyright applies internationally, by virtue of the Berne Convention. It does not apply to every single last country, however I doubt P2P users (concerned by this new bit of dictatorial initiative) are based in non-signatory countries at all.

 

Put simply, if a work (e.g. TV series) is protected by copyright (and there are usually many different types of copyrights, having many respective owners, in a single 'work' of the type shared on P2P networks) in the US, the UK will afford it copyright protection too.

 

After that bit of clarifying, now who's for a bit of pitchforking/head-chopping/burning down at Berchtesgad... sorry, Westminster?

[calebscarlet 10]

will never happen not down to isp to stop people downloading i will eat my hat if this happens infact i will eat a 100 hats

[Richeh 10]

I bet I could eat 100 hats.

[craigmason 10]

In principle a good thing but the isps are not bothered about stopping people downloading

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8220183.stm