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This just shows how out of touch the UK govt is. I wonder which Labour sponser lobbied for this. The government assume this is a hardcore minority. I'm not an i
by bendtheblock 17y ago
This just shows how out of touch the UK govt is. I wonder which Labour sponser lobbied for this. The government assume this is a hardcore minority. I'm not an illegal filesharer, but I sure know a lot people that do. I don't think it's a small minority. Questions...
- How do you define 'illegal fileshare'? Based on the network used? The content of the file?
- How would this be implemented? Would the ISP do the blocking?
- What's to stop the 'criminal' from using a wifi connection elsewhere?
- What effect does this have on the neutrality of the net in the UK?
(Sorry, posted this comment on another thread before seeing this)
- parenthesis 17y agoAlso: - Does the whole household get cut off when one member illegally fileshares?
- rick888 17y ago"Does the whole household get cut off when one member illegally fileshares?" I would imagine the entire connection gets cut-off, because it would be very difficult to allow the household to keep the connection and prevent one person from going online.
- boblol123 17y agoWhat if they move house? what if its a big house? or several flats? an internet cafe? a business? a university?
- gloob 17y agoI can see three plausible options: i) The government throws its hands in the air and gives up. ii) The government cuts off the entire building/complex. iii) The government cuts off people entirely at random. Knowing the way most governments tend to work, my money is on number 3, with number 2 coming in a distant second.