Comments | manic_deadpool: For the interested

manic_deadpool

For the interested

Feb 03, 2009 10:08

Personally I'll be surprised if this is actually enforced but I figure it's worth passing this one around.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/03/eircom_agrees_to_three_strikes_enforcement/

Comments 2

ebel February 3 2009, 10:14:45 UTC

It's crap to Eircon agree to this nonsense. However all the ISP basically have a 'fair usage policy' which means they can kick people offline if they want to legally, so no real change in that.

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ebel February 13 2009, 09:56:24 UTC

I think all ISP have a clause prohibiting peer-to-peer networks, so if they don't cut you off for excessive bandwidth, they can cut you off for that.

The main problem with this scheme is that no-one is being found guilty of breaking the law. A certain organisation is accusing people of breaking the law, Eircom will cut you off if they do it 3 times. I see no judge, jury or appeal process.