Well, I was watching TV and panorama came on, telling me about piracy. Apparently, in UK, there will be new laws to stop pirates. My question is, are they allowed to monitor my internet access, and throttle or cut off my internet? Thanks.
apparently i always hear of mmore people getting caught in europe for piracy and stuff..so.........yeah like those german raids....yeahSimpyDsi said:Well, I was watching TV and panorama came on, telling me about piracy. Apparently, in UK, there will be new laws to stop pirates. My question is, are they allowed to monitor my internet access, and throttle or cut off my internet? Thanks.
Er...well, I do have the shoutbox open...Guild McCommunist said:They'd only do it if it was a national security threat, like a terrorist talking with his cohorts over the internet.
Guild McCommunist said:If they start monitoring your internet than there would be a huge civil rights violation thing. Odds are the laws just enforce tougher penalties and screw over more uploaders. The thing with piracy is that governments don't go after downloaders. Think of it as weeds in the sidewalk. You can cut them with scissors, but they'll just grow back. Not until tear out the root (aka the uploaders) that they'll stop growing. And if governments already do monitor the internet without our knowledge, they won't blow it wide open to crack down on some kiddies who want to listen to some rad tunes for free. They'd only do it if it was a national security threat, like a terrorist talking with his cohorts over the internet. I haven't checked the new laws but I'd assume they won't really do much.