Anti-PIRACY Six Strikes Law Starts Tomorrow???

[JoostinOnline]

Stuff is already monitored. People get emails from their ISP all the time.

 

[Chary]

Soooo. Anyone get a "warning"?

 

[wolffangalchemist]

Is it realistic to expect that the only torrents which will be monitored are ones which feature recently released content? For instance if one were to download a game which was three years old is it fairly safe to assume this won't be monitored? I wouldn't think it would be worth a companies time to monitor torrents which feature three year old content.

and what of stuff much older than that, things that have not been re-released in any form as of yet (some Saturn titles come to mind) and are hard to find used as well as do not make the copyright holder any money.
not that this makes it ok to do it, just wonder how all of this comes into play, it seems more logical for them to monitor newer stuff much more closely than older ones.

 

[MegaBassBX]

I live in the UAE, so I guess I'm of the hook this time, I mean they went go looking for me right ?

and what of stuff much older than that, things that have not been re-released in any form as of yet (some Saturn titles come to mind) and are hard to find used as well as do not make the copyright holder any money.
not that this makes it ok to do it, just wonder how all of this comes into play, it seems more logical for them to monitor newer stuff much more closely than older ones.

You know my little sister whenever she sees an old game she owns, and I take to play it for while she says that's mine I'm like you left this game for 4 years and now you want it. I assume they will do the same (and yes of course I know that we are talking about a 20 years old game system,but expect the impossible).

 

[Janthran]

Nothing with this involves the government. It's a policy change that really doesn't change anything. Hollywood and the RIAA have been doing this forever. They subpoena the ISP for your name and the ISPs would either respond or say fuck off. The next step would be a lawsuit against the ISP, which would immediately turn over your name. This way, you aren't immediately being sued for downloading and instead are getting a warning.

Also, if you are so worried about privacy:

This stuff is what you are sending out to all the websites you visit.

It says I'm using Chrome but I am not using Chrome lol

 

[the_randomizer]

Is it realistic to expect that the only torrents which will be monitored are ones which feature recently released content? For instance if one were to download a game which was three years old is it fairly safe to assume this won't be monitored? I wouldn't think it would be worth a companies time to monitor torrents which feature three year old content.

If you're that worried, use a VPN.

 

[Qtis]

Soooo. Anyone get a "warning"?

Yet again, it'll take a while before anything happens. You can't monitor something for years and start handing out warning based on things before the law was passed. So I'd imagine it'll take a few weeks if not months before the first ones start going into the wild.

 

[Clydefrosch]

Yet again, it'll take a while before anything happens. You can't monitor something for years and start handing out warning based on things before the law was passed. So I'd imagine it'll take a few weeks if not months before the first ones start going into the wild.

I give them a week to send out the first letters.
at the moment, their printers are probably running amok with a thirst for more ink as billions of warnings want to be printed out

 

[LoganK93]

So whoever's internet thing said they were near ladysmith freaked me out since that's near me also... also is charter affected by this?

 

[Rydian]

That internet image shows each individual viewer their own info...

 

[LoganK93]

Sorry. I'm very new and also not really awake. But as I asked does anyone know if charter internet is part of this? I didn't see them listed.

 

[Engert]

So whoever's internet thing said they were near ladysmith freaked me out since that's near me also... also is charter affected by this?

There's nothing to be freaked out. That's the information you choose to display when you're dicking around like me.
But when you're not dicking around you go behind a proxy and you give the website the middle finger.

 

[KingVamp]

Look at this. I still didn't like this idea.

 

[stinkoman]

Calm all of your tits. This isnt even as close to as bad as you are all making this out to be.

http://gizmodo.com/5986722/what-is-the-copyright-alert-system?popular=true

The main issue is that this is the first step to them implementing crazier shit. The RIAA is completely fucking batshit.

 

[BORTZ]

Basically, nothing is going to happen. Repeated slaps on wrists and butts but that's it.

 

[NightsOwl]

Basically, nothing is going to happen. Repeated slaps on wrists and butts but that's it.

Kinky Bortz, being Kinky as usual.

 

[BORTZ]

At least no handcuffing. Well not right up front. I guess legal stuff isn't off the table, but you aren't going to get sued.

 

[Bladexdsl]

anyone have black vans pull up outside their house yet?

 

[the_randomizer]

anyone have black vans pull up outside their house yet?

No, but I did see this

 

[Qtis]

So the wordings and messages have been made at least for Comcast (and Verizon). A good article as the source, but here's the warning:

Spoiler

Via Ars Technica