All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012

[katsuko]

Originally posted by boreal_forest at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
Originally posted by pellimusprime at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
Originally posted by lk737at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
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Comments

[anonymous]

*swears under breath*

They really think that doing THIS is going to prevent or stop piracy?

Anyway, thanks for the tip.

Starfire201

[katsuko]

Yeah, apparently they do. The logic is astonishing, ain't it? :-\

[atemu_girl]

Thanks for the heads up. I've passed this on, so fingers crossed it gets out there. I just hope this latest tomfoolery will get canned before Australia catches on and tries a copycat idea.

[ante_luce]

I believe something similar happened here, a company decided to sue people who'd downloaded a particular anime series. Some people paid up, others managed to avoid having to do so. Honestly, a lot will depend on what the ISP chooses to do. Here we have three major ISPs, and all three reacted differently. One denied the company when they demanded personal info of their customers, another stalled and said they were 'reviewing their rights', and the third kinda sorta rolled over and gave out names and addresses.

But we're a small country (our governance is more like that of a major city). The ISPs have a limited customer base and they don't really want to alienate potential subscribers by tracking what people download and cutting off their service. It might be different over in the US.

Wikipedia article here

And yeah, it didn't stop the downloads.