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Chrysalis · 05-04-2010, 06:27

Under the DEB will these ip address be forwarded with a court order?

I am not concerned about isp's t&c's. They not going to cut off their own customers without a 3rd party been involved. Its what happens in the 3rd party side of things I am interested in. As it stands now people get warning letters (with insufficient evidence) and sometimes get fines but they do not get cutoff, unless they doing some kind of crime such as port scanning, exploiting sites etc.

So.

1 - How will these ip's get identified?
2 - Will the 3rd parties be able to send these ip's to isp's for action to be taken directly without legal process?
3 - action such as throttling the customer or blocking protocols?
4 - action such as cutting the customer off?
5 - if fines stay are they still going to be disproportionate to losses, eg. will someone get fined £50k for downloading a few music tracks?

05-04-2010, 06:27	#49
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	re: Digital Economy Act 2010 [Was "DE Bill Not Passed, BiS Consulting Already"] Under the DEB will these ip address be forwarded with a court order? I am not concerned about isp's t&c's. They not going to cut off their own customers without a 3rd party been involved. Its what happens in the 3rd party side of things I am interested in. As it stands now people get warning letters (with insufficient evidence) and sometimes get fines but they do not get cutoff, unless they doing some kind of crime such as port scanning, exploiting sites etc. So. 1 - How will these ip's get identified? 2 - Will the 3rd parties be able to send these ip's to isp's for action to be taken directly without legal process? 3 - action such as throttling the customer or blocking protocols? 4 - action such as cutting the customer off? 5 - if fines stay are they still going to be disproportionate to losses, eg. will someone get fined £50k for downloading a few music tracks?