Originally Posted by faisal_uk
so they are not bothered about people downloading the latest movies?
also can they really detect exactly what you are downloading through bittorrent?
Well, the BPI don't represent the movie industry, so no, they aren't "bothered" about that, as it's not their job. But if this works, no doubt it'll be followed by similar moves re: movies.
Originally Posted by faisal_uk
.... I think it will have an effect on some people, but most will carry on regardless and I don't think the ISP's will want to cut off the millions of people who download through file-sharing programs, as the will have no customers left!
No doubt they don't want to cut off customers. But they
may not get much choice.
Car Warehouse's CEO summed it up ..
"I cannot foresee any circumstances in which we would voluntarily disconnect a customer's account on the basis of a third party alleging a wrongdoing," he adds.
There's two ways to read that. Firstly, they don't want to lose customers. Secondly, they don't want to "voluntarily" disconnect.
Firstly, if the customer is actively breaking the law, they risk facing legal action. If they lose, it could be VERY expensive indeed. And it would only take one successful test case to open the flood gates. Furthermore, it may well be that if the various interested parties can't sort it out between them, government steps in with legislation.
Originally Posted by faisal_uk
.... Also how do they know that you don't already own a CD of the music you are downloading? You might just want to download it in another format/high quality file to transfer to an MP3 player.
Under UK legislation, as it currently stands, it's illegal to create such a copy, even if you do own the CD.