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      CommentAuthorchicken
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008
     
    Six of the UK’s biggest net providers have agreed a plan with the music industry to tackle piracy online. The deal, negotiated by the government, will see hundreds of thousands of letters sent to net users suspected of illegally sharing music. Hard core file-sharers could see their broadband connections slowed, under measures proposed by the UK government. BT, Virgin, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse have all signed up. Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI, which represents the music industry, said: “All of the major ISPs in the UK now recognise they have a responsibility to deal with illegal file-sharers on their networks.” The plan commits the firms to working towards a “significant reduction” in the illegal sharing of music.

    In addition to this chance, parents whose children download music and films illegally will be blacklisted and have their internet access curbed under government reforms to fight online piracy. Households that ignore warnings will be subjected to online surveillance and their internet speeds will be reduced, making it very difficult for them to download large files. The measures, the first of their kind in the world, will be announced today by Baroness Vadera, who brokered the deal between internet service providers and Ofcom, the telecoms body. About 6.5 million Britons are thought to have downloaded music illegally last year. It has been estimated that illegal downloads will cost the music industry alone £1 billion over the next five years.

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      CommentAuthorflak
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008
     
    Oh, wonderful.

    This plan will both fix everything and last a long time.
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      CommentAuthorbaseisdead
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008 edited
     
    Six of the UK's bigest net providers have announced that they want to drive customers away from their service. the deal between the net providers and the music industry (or both at the same time like virgin who payed a small fortune to make a deal with themselves) brokered by baroness millionair nobody, will see thousands of pounds spent on letters that will instantly be thrown in the bin along with the subsciptions for the ISP's. Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI, which represents the music industry, said: “All of the major ISPs in the UK now recognise they have a responsibility to give up revenue not only by messing up the music industry, but by forcing customers off their networks to less stringent ISP's" The plan commits the firms to working towards a “significant reduction" in revenue for the ISP's and no real impact on piracy or any improvement to the flailing record industy.

    FIXED
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008
     
    lols :D
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    ORSONISCRAZEDANDMUSTBESTOPPED
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      CommentAuthoroverbyte
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008
     
    there's coming a time when people will use closed networks for file sharing. It will be just as prevalent but more viral.

    they're also going after usenet in the name of kiddie porn - it's stupid
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      CommentAuthorchicken
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008 edited
     
    expect this lunacy to start happening worldwide.

    overbyte: closed networks

    expect Deep Packet Inspection on everything you up/download =)
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      CommentAuthoroverbyte
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008
     
    i see people going back to a form of modem to use over the phone lines tbh - the only reason they stopped progressing on them is that everyone is using broadband devices

    seriously - the nerds that can do this kind of thing are also the guys that will be most affected by this kind of stuff so it becomes simple arithmatic:
    pissed off nerd engineers + tyrannical abuse of power over the network = new black market hardware that side-steps said networks
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    the isps really dont like the intrusion, in the US they are just using it as a means to charge more(go figure)...from what ive read they plan to tier their service plans depending on how much you up/download
    i honestly wouldn't mind paying more as i do use crazy amounts of bandwidth compared to some old lady playing online bingo...
    that said~once people truly "understand" the concept of what te RIAA is trying to do(monitor all internet usage) they wont stand for it
    I know most people tend to be sheepish and uncaring about a lot of things but privacy is not one of them.
    (except of course for the wiretapping crap after 911...did i mention people tend to be sheepish?)
    • CommentAuthorBiff
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008
     
    KDX sure sounds like a good alternative to torrents, huh?
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      CommentAuthoroverbyte
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008
     
    what is it biff? how is it dpi-proof?
    • CommentAuthorBiff
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008
     
    1 ) Server/client. One IP to one IP.

    2 ) 256 bit encyption

    Good luck finding one these days, though, the client software is mostly broken under 10.5
    • CommentAuthorrbernato
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008
     
    strange guy the developer... there should be an updated version/completely new thing out soon, but everyone is still waiting :-(

    info here: http://www.haxial.com/products/kdx/
    • CommentAuthorBiff
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008
     
    I think everybody's been waiting for 3+ years. It isn't even UB.
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      CommentAuthorchicken
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008
     
    apparently this is supposed to be good. It looks quite interesting, eh? :D
    • CommentAuthorBiff
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008
     
    Yeah, that'd be my choice. It actually works on 10.5!
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008
     
    carracho still works. :)


    and yeah, rbernato. i always thought that the KDX folks were like "eh, we don't need to make it pretty, the Apocalypse will arrive and we'd have wasted our time on fripperies". .... or something.. : heh

    interesting app, chicken.. i'll check it out, too. thanks.



    legislating and regulating against pirates is about as effective as doing the same against pigeons.

    x
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    mick said...legislating and regulating against pirates is about as effective as doing the same against pigeons.

    x

    ORSONISCRAZYANDMUSTBESTOPPED
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      CommentAuthorbaseisdead
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008
     
    fucking frogblast man
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    mick said...legislating and regulating against pirates is about as effective as doing the same against pigeons.

    x


    also...as effective when pirates try to regulate themselves(DND, and universally known passwords to rar and zip files...)
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      CommentAuthorflak
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008
     
    Sneakernet!
    • CommentAuthorBiff
    • CommentTimeJul 25th 2008
     
    oo, sneakernet is SWEET.

    Never underestimate the bandwidth of a stationwagon full of tapes.
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    Wasn't there a lady over here in the UK who managed to beat a lawsuit against her for downloading files by saying it was an invasion of her privacy, and therefore an infringement of her human rights?
    How does this new law avoid that?
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      CommentAuthornicko
    • CommentTimeJul 28th 2008
     
    lol @ sneakernet :smile:
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      CommentAuthorsquapple
    • CommentTimeJul 28th 2008
     
    isnt vpn safe?
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      CommentAuthorbaseisdead
    • CommentTimeJul 28th 2008
     
    what protocols are they actually targeting?
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      CommentAuthorchris
    • CommentTimeJul 28th 2008 edited
     
    at a guess, torrents. easiest, i would have thought. they can collect loads of IPs pretty quickly.
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    baseisdead said...what protocols are they actually targeting?
    torrents and gnutella/limewire ype