Today I logged a search for: will peerblock stop the six strike law?
The answer to this is "No" - as Peerblock will not protect you against anything! (see my other posts on the subject). In fact I was not aware that there was a "Six Strikes" law, I thought it was just a proposal by the media industries in an attempt to contain piracy. I will not try to enter into this argument, you can read this for yourself on the links below. I am just taking issue with some of the technological issues that are raised by this discussion.
Following some of the links that I have found on the pages linked below, I take issue with some of the statements that I find.
The discussion here was prompted by some of the comments on the articles I found when making a search for "Six Strikes" - i.e. the article by Ian Paul, PCWorld, Jul 8, 2011 and others.
Like most forums the nature of the comments is more from the nature of appearing smarter than the other participants and insulting each other.
RIAA MPAA and CopyrightInformation.org (The Center for Copyright Information)
Hardly an independent organization:
Jerry Berman, Chairman, Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee
Gigi Sohn, President and CEO, Public Knowledge
Some quotes from the Center for Copyright Information:
I don't really see what the following means:
Also, the information is hardly "educational" as it is purely FUD being spread by the "industry"
"........ the educational information provided in an alert will lead to very few subscribers who persist (or allow others to persist) in illegal file sharing."
It is not likely that those that are persisting in file-sharing are not likely to be frightened off by idle threats and are more likely to step up their efforts to avoid detection in the first place.
Those allowing others to persist are likely to be the ISPs themselves - I would say in general that the ISPs are more interested in staying clear of the "industry" and are probably just paying lip service to them as they do not want to appear as being um-cooperative or not obeying local laws.
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The answer to this is "No" - as Peerblock will not protect you against anything! (see my other posts on the subject). In fact I was not aware that there was a "Six Strikes" law, I thought it was just a proposal by the media industries in an attempt to contain piracy. I will not try to enter into this argument, you can read this for yourself on the links below. I am just taking issue with some of the technological issues that are raised by this discussion.
Following some of the links that I have found on the pages linked below, I take issue with some of the statements that I find.
The discussion here was prompted by some of the comments on the articles I found when making a search for "Six Strikes" - i.e. the article by Ian Paul, PCWorld, Jul 8, 2011 and others.
Like most forums the nature of the comments is more from the nature of appearing smarter than the other participants and insulting each other.
RIAA MPAA and CopyrightInformation.org (The Center for Copyright Information)
Hardly an independent organization:
- Executive Vice President & General Counsel - Executive Vice President & General Counsel Steven M. Marks, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
- Member - Marianne Grant, Senior Vice President, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA)
- Chairman - Thomas Dailey, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Verizon Communications, Inc.
Jerry Berman, Chairman, Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee
Gigi Sohn, President and CEO, Public Knowledge
Some quotes from the Center for Copyright Information:
I don't really see what the following means:
"..... helping consumers take action to protect themselves, their internet accounts and home networks."
The only ones that are possibly being "protected" are the music and movie industry themselves. I think that it is very much "wishful thinking" on the part of the "industry" here. The threats that they are proposing are not likely to be so, the "six" that is, and they are unlikely to be passed into law.Also, the information is hardly "educational" as it is purely FUD being spread by the "industry"
"........ the educational information provided in an alert will lead to very few subscribers who persist (or allow others to persist) in illegal file sharing."
It is not likely that those that are persisting in file-sharing are not likely to be frightened off by idle threats and are more likely to step up their efforts to avoid detection in the first place.
Those allowing others to persist are likely to be the ISPs themselves - I would say in general that the ISPs are more interested in staying clear of the "industry" and are probably just paying lip service to them as they do not want to appear as being um-cooperative or not obeying local laws.
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1 comment:
I was wonder where this legislation was at - is it going to be made the law?
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