Originally Posted by M0nkeyb0Y
My point was: how will they ascertain that one is a 'pirate' without keeping a log of what you download?
Well, if a third-party comes to them with log files ..... either they take them at their word, or then maybe they starting logging activity to see if those log files are accurate. But if they do, given reasonable grounds to suspect illegal activity, I can't see how they're not justified in checking up on that.
Also, is the focus going to be on downloaders, or uploaders? That article was quite carefully worded, referring to things like "sharing", and that could be viewed either way.
I suspect the emphasis will be on either very heavy offenders, or morel likely, uploaders. It is certainly uploaders that have got clobbered for some of the very heavy penalties that have been floating about from courts, based on the damage that uploading can do and the losses that can result.