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Mr Angry · 03-04-2010, 10:21

It's not as simple, nor as automatic, as that.

As I referenced earlier the pro "piracy" lobbyists would have you believe the proposed end result measures are akin to the closing scenes in Surrogates - that's simply not the case nor the intention.

The first step is education, not punitive measures. Additionally - and a lot of people are overlooking this - it is the ISP who carries out the technical measures, not the rights holder. It is in the ISPs interest (not least from a fiscal perspective) to effectively police the activities of their subscribers.

The playing field has changed - no longer can ISPs cite net neutrality or privacy. All to often it has bbeen proven that busines (especially at national and international levels) supersedes the rights and entitlements of individual citizens.

Creative people are by their nature, by and large, more interested in creating things than destroying them.

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Mr Angry Inactive Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 4,785	re: Digital Economy Act 2010 [Was "DE Bill Not Passed, BiS Consulting Already"] It's not as simple, nor as automatic, as that. As I referenced earlier the pro "piracy" lobbyists would have you believe the proposed end result measures are akin to the closing scenes in Surrogates - that's simply not the case nor the intention. The first step is education, not punitive measures. Additionally - and a lot of people are overlooking this - it is the ISP who carries out the technical measures, not the rights holder. It is in the ISPs interest (not least from a fiscal perspective) to effectively police the activities of their subscribers. The playing field has changed - no longer can ISPs cite net neutrality or privacy. All to often it has bbeen proven that busines (especially at national and international levels) supersedes the rights and entitlements of individual citizens. Creative people are by their nature, by and large, more interested in creating things than destroying them.