Comments on: Aussie ISPs Propose Anti-FileSharing Warning Notice Scheme

By: Australian ISPs Favour File Sharing Notice Scheme | Pace Legal Online Business

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:16:33 +0000

[...] new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! // As reported by TorrentFreak, Australia’s largest Internet Service Providers have advanced a detailed proposal to combat [...]

By: Australian ISPs propose piracy-beating scheme | | UTILITY DOCUMENTSUTILITY DOCUMENTS

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:18:32 +0000

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By: Have Money, Want Content, Will Spend. | The Refined Geek

Have Money, Want Content, Will Spend. | The Refined Geek — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:00:14 +0000

[...] issue came up recently when a bunch of ISPs got together and proposed a new system to deal with copyright infringement. On the surface it looked like long time supporters of privacy were caving under pressure from [...]

By: fr3ak_diwana

fr3ak_diwana — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:27:00 +0000

As a matter of fact, my information says that AFACT pressured Matchbox Pictures into filing the claim that shut down diwana. The infringement notice I have in my possession (obtained from BREIN) doesn’t mention AFACT and has a Matchbox Pictures letterhead and is signed by Michael McMahon. I’m not really sure what the full story is but I’m unimpressed either way.

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The Technology Blog: Aussie ISPs Propose AntiFileSharing Warning Notice Scheme — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:40:22 +0000

[...] Instead, rightsholders would head back to the legal system to punish persistent infringers.Source:http://torrentfreak.com/aussie-isps-propose-anti-filesharing-warning-notice-scheme-111125/ Posted by Makin at [...]

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makin257 - Aussie ISPs Propose Anti-FileSharing Warning Notice Scheme — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:20:22 +0000

By: Jmorse43508

Jmorse43508 — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:08:00 +0000

I’ll bet the majority of people who will be caught like this will be using their own ISP’s connection for torrenting popular and recent content, or otherwise uploading.

I also see an increased use of VPNs and other means for file sharers to get what they want.

The MAFIAA are going about this whole thing entirely wrong. By attacking file sharing and treating this as an infringement problem, they will never win. And measures to prevent casual copying (DRM) and other annoyances with legally purchased content (region restrictions and unskippable ads) will only drive ‘piracy’ even more.

The MAFIAA refuses to update their business model for the Internet age by offering content inexpensively and without onerous and draconian DRM. Netflix was a good start, but by charging the service higher fees for content, they may as well have shot themselves in the foot.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:55:00 +0000

One day like private health insurance we will get a “Lifetime Cyber risk-rating”.
Get too many second notice letters and no Australian ISP will accept you anymore.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:55:00 +0000

One day like private health insurance we will get a “Lifetime Cyber risk-rating”.
Get too many second notice letters and no Australian ISP will accept you anymore.

By: SF

SF — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:27:00 +0000

From the ISPs point of view this makes tons of sense.

They don’t have to hand over customer information to copyright holders without a court-order and get plenty of chances to warn their customers if a copyright-holder is getting cranky.

This is basically an attempt from the ISPs to avoid the far more draconian measures that has been taken in other countries, If it works out and stops at this level it would be awesome for australia. (I don’t think it will stop at this though, the copyright lobby will keep pushing and won’t be satisifed until they’re allowed to hang anyone who is suspected of not buying enough of their content.)