Weak. Although fair enough, i guess

Wowowowowow. Glad I'm in the U.S..... well I'd rather be in Canada but still

gald that i got out of the UK in time

i don't know if this is actually in effect, if anyone could clarify?

'...the Digital Economy Act 2010' would suggest it is though, bad times, UK sucks

So how exactly are they proposing to track all these people?
I would think it's not the easiest thing to track all blogs, torrents and file sharing sites.

Yes it was put through parliment just before the general elections.
Nick Clegg spoke up and said something had to be done (it needs removing and re-thought) seen as it was rushed through parliment in 90 hours or something. So yes it's technically law but I doubt anything will be done yet.

O2, Be and Talk Talk (that's all I know) all issued statements saying they wouldn't give out any details without court order and were certainly against revoking of internet access.

you still aren't on a list until the 3rd notification, so wouldn't you just stop when you got them?

Ah, thanks Savage.

Yep, and it sounds like the slate is wiped clean after a year anywhom

I knew I chose good ol' tesco value broadband for a reason...

at least a reason other than their consistently low speeds and double digit download speeds...

Fuck this. seriously.

This is a joke... people who download a lot of music generally tend to buy more. I spend almost £500 on music a year, yet I used to spend less than £100.

this sucks :/

i like to do illegal things. fiddling children and downloading music is among them

If I were an artist I'd go with the In Rainbows approach for all my albums. I would be happy as long as people were listening to and enjoying my music, and not trying to get rich off of it.

gay

lol.

I like the related reviews to this article.

So many things urk me when it comes to copyright laws

very good

good thing i don't do this then

i'd pretend to be a holier than thou douche who's never downloaded music but im not that rich to buy all my music so NO

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

quick! everyone cram your hard-drives NOW

pretty much what i had in mind

Don't worry, this is unenforceable

bro what if they send assassins after me oh shit

oh yeah, i wasn't referring to you Slightly

you're fucked, better go underground for a while and hide out

SlightlyEpic, even more underground?

holy fu

Well, I better start borrowing money to add to the ridiculous amount I already spend on music.

sup dudes nm just chillin in the centre of the earth you know

Fuck that. I have to download music so I can afford to go to gigs and buy merch!

So will I be sued most definitely?

This is a joke... people who download a lot of music generally tend to buy more.

If I were an artist I'd go with the In Rainbows approach for all my albums. I would be happy as long as people were listening to and enjoying my music, and not trying to get rich off of it.

most bands all have part-time jobs and do music as more of a hobby, not as a source of steady income

and by most bands i mean ones not signed to a major label

WE'RE ALL BONED
*panic*

well i have the new maps and atlases.

the madness ends here.

actually looking through what they're saying you have to receive 3 notifications before you go on the list, and it might take alot for them to send out just 1, we don't know yet. also:

"...targeted legal action against serious infringers."

depending on what they mean by 'serious', it might mean only the worst are sued. but who knows.

it's also going to depend on what you're downloading. they're much less likely to notice/care if your dl'ing some kvlt black metal split than if you are like Now That's What I Call Music 1000000

God I hope this doesnt include porn!

Surely this would only apply to torrents? Surely they wouldn't be able to detect encrypted directlinks or anything? (e.g. rapidshare + cryptload)

encrypted torrents...?

Good to be living in Ireland, they honestly don't seem to give a shite here yet (though Dave would probably know more than me about it) although Eircom have threatened action if their users (yup, I be one of those) are caught downloading, though it just seems to be one of those "If you don't stop then I swear to God..." and then nothing happens. We're really too snobby in this country and look at all we have

gay

hahahaha... fadetoblack, good shit

i duno about that... there will always be a way

just gotta remember to support the bands who really deserve it

This fucking sucks. Fucking parliament. The next generation of politicians will clearly abolish this so they can dl stuff.

I'm glad I live in Canada.












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