[Kuchiyose]

A news report about file sharing, sending warning letters to users who illegally download music with virgin broadband , doomed to fail xD

http://news.bbc.co.u...ogy/7486743.stm

[Laharl]

good thing i get my music from obscure DDL sites then XD

i agree that it will fail, scaremongering and empty threats are going to discourage no one

[Nyktos]

For all intents and purposes, the letter might as well read:

Dear Customer,
Plz download moar kthx.
Signed,
Virgin Media

Because that's the effect it will have.

[Saturos S.]

Yep, downloading liscensed stuff officially was made illegal a few days ago.

They can shut down the internet, if they want to, well that's what the christian side of the government wants. The Liberals are yelling that's is violation of privacy so it'll probably be turned back in a few weeks time.

... here in Holland.

[Drizzy Drake]

And this law will really stop people?

[Kuchiyose]

Well this will fail and Virgin broadband will lose customers

[Drizzy Drake]

Hehehe, Virgin.

[Kuchiyose]

????

[Saturos S.]

Dipset, on Jul 6 2008, 09:47 PM, said:

And this law will really stop people?

No, but it means they can fine people etc. etc.

[Toasty]

If they want to stop file sharing, then they need to make it unbelieveably easy to get music legitimately. Not only that, but it needs to affordable. $10 a month wouldn't be a bad starting point.

As it stands, file sharing exists because it's far easier to find and obtain music illegally than it is to do so legally. Obviously, people will still take the illegal route even if it's harder just because it's cheaper.


Actually, I just thought of an idea. It probably won't work unless it somehow becomes far easier to police the internet, but here goes:

ISP's should offer a plan (that costs a bit extra) where a certain percent of the money you pay for Internet goes to the music industry. If you have this plan, it's perfectly legal to get your music from anywhere. If you don't have this plan, than legal action can be taken against you.

But for that to work, there would have to be a way to monitor what files are being downloaded by whom. And that's a violation of privacy.

[Split Infinity]

Did you read the article, Toasty?

Quote

Some DRM-free material may be made available and the new subscription models will allow users to keep some of the tunes they download, he said.

Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI, said the details of the services were yet to be decided but that there are likely to a variety of models on offer that would be "easy and cheap".

The form they take will be crucial, thinks Mr Mulligan.

"Charging a tenner a month hasn't worked. Ideally it needs to be incredibly cheap or free, with a massive catalogue that can be tranferrable," he said.

Mr Taylor admitted that the BPI's current campaign was unlikely to stop file sharing completely but he did think the idea that the web was home to free stuff needs to be challenged.

"There is a phenomenal amount of piracy out there and we believe that the idea that 95% of content on the net is free is not sustainable. We don't believe that society can allow the free consumption of content to persist," he said.

[Drizzy Drake]

Plus, alot of the music I like can't be obtained legally. Well, I mean it can, but I don't want to wait for a CD I enjoy to come from Amazon when I could just download it and listen to it that day. And don't say ITunes because alot of the music I like isn't on ITunes.

[Nosferatu]

Well this is doomed to fail. Just like putting buttons asking if you're 18.

[Drizzy Drake]

I've always wondered about that.

[kate]

XDD that always cracks me up. What if 18 isn't the legal age in your country??

[Toasty]

Split Infinity, on Jul 6 2008, 02:10 PM, said:

Did you read the article, Toasty?

The whole thing.