ISP's movement to stop piracy...

I must say, it's about time ISP's have seen that they actually need to communicate to irradicate something like piracy, as it is happening on such a wide scale. Piracy has been around just about as long as public internet, people always want something for free - it's human nature, is it not?

First off, ISP's are saying they will be sending letters to the users warning them that their connection is being used to download illegal content, in my opinion this is a good idea as some children/teenagers often download illegal content (movies, music and games) without their parents knowing, using the "three strikes and your out" approach is also a very respectable decision, as like I stated earlier the actual payer of the subscription may not be aware of this activity happening.

Obviously, another aspect of this that has not been brought forward as of yet, would be the invasion of privacy. Monitoring what people are downloading would involve the ISP's "checking" the packets being sent through your connection. Now obviously this will include every webpage you go on, which mean passwords, e-mails, bank details etc. may be checked, would you consider this an invasion of piracy?

As far as Torrentfreak know the ISP's that are expected to be included in this reduction of piracy scheme are rumored to be Virgin Media, BT, Orange, Tiscali, Carphone Warehouse (AOL, TalkTalk) and BSkyB. If you know any different then please do send me an e-mail (nexus5.01@gmail.com)

Anyway, I would love to hear your thoughts on this issue!


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