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Originally Posted by Mr Angry
I have no doubt of that.
However, ultimately this will make no difference - there are already appropriate laws in place to get access to user data and usage should Government deem it appropriate to do so.
There will come a time - in the not too distant future - when people will simply have to accept and realize that Governments, their legal systems and corporate interests are not going to allow their creative industries / GDPs to continue to be decimated just because people think it is ok to steal.
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So for instance
if a user is logged into a newsgroup provider who's servers are in the usa and that person is using a vpn from his location in the uk to a vpn provider in the usa and then on to the newsgroup server, who would have to supply the information, the only site in my eye's that will have the information on what has been downloaded would be the newsgroup provider in the usa as all the data would be encrypted via the vpn ??
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Originally Posted by Toto
Then with respect that may be off topic and already discussed in another thread, I sense some hijacking going on here. This is about how Ofcom and service providers are now required by law to deal with Copyright piracy, none of the methodology mentioned in the extensive report from Ofcom suggests ISP's have to install expensive, intrusive and complicated monitoring kit on their network.
I'd even suggest that this requirement could lift the burden away from ISP's in not having to install such kit - by placing the burden on the Rights holders to supply the evidence themselves, but I am still at a loss to see how an ISP can benefit from this law financially.
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I agree the equipment is off topic but i think that the ISP's will decide its the only way forward, VM i feel has realised this already and its why they have decided to take that route. The impact that this will have on the isp's will be large to say the least. All the requests for information on who had a ip will grow and grow as the rights owners realise they have a new revenue stream to tap into.