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So my cousin's internet service was cut last week due to him torrenting movies. I was wondering what is being used to flag IP Addresses that are involved? How do the ISP's know you are downloading copy written material? What about non-copyrighted material? A buddy said you can scramble your IP but I believe that wouldn't work since its only your computers IP Address and not your household IP Address. Is there any truth to his theory?
The message in the article is don't fight it, adjust your behavior.
Thank you for the link. I agree that the easiest way to prevent it is to responsibly download legal content. It doesn't mean I have to agree to the act though. This act scares me frankly. The fact that they can censor you at all is very unnerving to me. I don't pirate too much these days, but back in my day I certainly did. All of my music is mostly from Spotify and I watch my movies via Amazon Prime or On Demand.
The good thing is that ISPs are not monitoring your traffic to determine whether you are pirating or not. You have to be caught in the act by the mpaa/riaa. They will then report you to the ISP.
It doesn't mean I have to agree to the act though. This act scares me frankly. The fact that they can censor you at all is very unnerving to me. I don't pirate too much these days, but back in my day I certainly did.
IMO, it's not "censorship," it's an anti-theft measure. No one that I know of avoids shopping at discount stores because they use security cameras to watch customers and security tags on the merchandise that set off alarms when unpaid merchandise leaves the store. Six Strikes is the same thing, only you get six chances to give up stealing!
I've been involved in the production of intellectual property that sold for money. While doing that work, I and my bosses would not have been happy to know that people were stealing the content we produced.
So my cousin's internet service was cut last week due to him torrenting movies. I was wondering what is being used to flag IP Addresses that are involved? How do the ISP's know you are downloading copy written material? What about non-copyrighted material? A buddy said you can scramble your IP but I believe that wouldn't work since its only your computers IP Address and not your household IP Address. Is there any truth to his theory?
As I mentioned in another thread of this nature if you can afford a computer and the bandwidth to download copyrighted material (AKA movies) you can afford to buy the copyrighted material...
Yes i believe they are being forced into this.. They probably could care less what someone does... (Unless it puts thier network @ risk)
They aren't being forced into it, streaming is becoming a huge money maker whether it's over the internet or On Demand. Pirating is going to cut into the cable companies profits.
If you don't use Verizon, Comcast, AT&T, Cablevision, or Time Warner, I guess you'll be ok...
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