more Big brother brought to you by your govt?

[boldie]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7240234.stm

sigh..now the plan is to have the ISP's have to check what their customers are doing and tell the govt. so the govt can "restrict" the internet access of those pesky kids that download Britney Spears' latest album for free.

[Acidmouse]

So if I login to noobs unprotected wireless ISP's around me they get done?

[kinboshi]

So if I login to noobs unprotected wireless ISP's around me they get done?

Hehe!!

[boldie]

So if I login to noobs unprotected wireless ISP's around me they get done?

yep.

[Bongo]

I've been wanting to write a bit of an essay against this for a while, haven't had the chance, will make a few bullet points as I remember what I wanted to say

This has been planned for a while, it's completely voluntary for the ISPs unless they don't volunteer in which case they will be forced to (clearly the government forgot to announce they had changed the meaning of voluntary).

It's a completely stupid piece of legalisation that could only be thought up be imbeciles.

What happens to the people who rely on their internet connection to make money who get cut off without ever downloading anything? A recent campaign on behalf of codemasters against people who had downloaded the game "Colin McRae Dirt". The problem was it included scores of people who hadn't (I can't find the figures right now but think the false positives were in the double digits %wise). These people could now be punished automatically as they are assumed to be guilty.

Want to do download as much as you like riskfree? Spend a few euros a month on a seedbox and download the complete files using over a VPN.

[Suited_Jock]

They gonna bring in the Internet police

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We are all d00med...

[BigTomatoes]

 they are going to regulate the internet soon enough , just look at the media campaign portraying it as a breeding ground for terrorists , paedophiles and organised criminals , not to mention the happy slapping and suicide pact youngsters , mark my words big changes are in line for the use of internet.

[AndrewT]

 they are going to regulate the internet soon enough , just look at the media campaign portraying it as a breeding ground for terrorists , paedophiles and organised criminals , not to mention the happy slapping and suicide pact youngsters , mark my words big changes are in line for the use of internet.

The internet is designed not to be interfered with. No matter what regulations are brought in, terrorists, paedophiles and organised criminals will find ways round them.

[boldie]

 they are going to regulate the internet soon enough , just look at the media campaign portraying it as a breeding ground for terrorists , paedophiles and organised criminals , not to mention the happy slapping and suicide pact youngsters , mark my words big changes are in line for the use of internet.

The internet is designed not to be interfered with. No matter what regulations are brought in, terrorists, paedophiles and organised criminals will find ways round them.

but that doesn't mean the ordinary citizen can't be controlled.

[Bongo]

And legitimate users who just want to get on with it of course, but then they'll just be painted in bad light anyway ("Why would you use encryption if you have nothing to hide?").

I can't think of any reason why the media would want the net regulated though...

[BigTomatoes]

 they are going to regulate the internet soon enough , just look at the media campaign portraying it as a breeding ground for terrorists , paedophiles and organised criminals , not to mention the happy slapping and suicide pact youngsters , mark my words big changes are in line for the use of internet.

The internet is designed not to be interfered with. No matter what regulations are brought in, terrorists, paedophiles and organised criminals will find ways round them.

but that doesn't mean the ordinary citizen can't be controlled.

 exactly , that doesn't mean they wont bring in new regulations and controls. bit like the id card

 fingerprints and iris scan for abu hamza pmsl

[Grier78]

Copywrite is theft.

Once you release something into the public domain then you lose the right to restrict its circulation. The overwhelming public opinion is that copywrite should not exist, if you don't believe me then tell me the percentage of the British public who have never recorded a tv program, photocopied anything from a book, copied a CD onto tape, sung happy birthday in a public place, performed anything you did not create at a talent show, repeated a joke you saw on TV, the list goes on and on.

Did you know that the film industry was able to get an additional charge placed on every VHS recorder sold in this country to cover the costs of presumed piracy. Now they are trying to target the internet.

There are only so many civil liberties that this country will stand to lose, after that comes the peoples revolution.