09-09-2014, 05:40
Interesting perspective from the BBC in Australia, where the government has invited interested parties to submit thoughts on how to deal with online piracy.
Our cuddly old beeb has a vested interest with the content they put out overseas, much of which is offered on subscription channels in Australia and other countries, unlike here in the UK where it is free to air.
The good old beeb has gone so far as to suggest that it is the ISP's duty to actively spy on users online activity to thwart piracy, and even to assume that someone using a high bandwidth over VPN is likely to be pirating!
https://torrentfreak.com/bbc-isps-should...es-140908/
Our cuddly old beeb has a vested interest with the content they put out overseas, much of which is offered on subscription channels in Australia and other countries, unlike here in the UK where it is free to air.
The good old beeb has gone so far as to suggest that it is the ISP's duty to actively spy on users online activity to thwart piracy, and even to assume that someone using a high bandwidth over VPN is likely to be pirating!
Quote:It is reasonable for ISPs to be placed under an obligation to identify user behavior that is ‘suspicious’ and indicative of a user engaging in conduct that infringes copyright. Such behavior may include the illegitimate use by Internet users of IP obfuscation tools in combination with high download volumes.
https://torrentfreak.com/bbc-isps-should...es-140908/