Steve Tompkins-MacQueen wrote:
On 23 Mar 2010, at 11:33, Phil Thompson wrote:
in this context it refers to peer to peer P2P file distribution systems
whose primary use on the contemporary internet is distribution of
copyrighted material without the rights holders consent ie Pirate 2 Pirate
IS IT? and how can this be quantified? Some distros of linux use P2P type file
sharing to speed up installation of programs over the internet.
yes. For every open source enthusiast using P2P for software
distribution there are 99 pirates downloading movies and music in breach
of copyright.
if servers are available that can max out your bandwidth P2P adds
nothing, I prefer to download from identified servers so I know what I'm
getting and TBH there isn't anything I have needed that was legit and
only on P2P networks.
Should file sharing be band or the shearing of particular files?
If we stop file sharing on the internet wan't people how wan't to share files
in a illegal way just move to privat networks
it is only the distribution without permission that should be tackled
and that's what the bill is seeking to do. The number that would use
private networks must be pretty small, they could have done this before
the internet took off so they aren't really the target of the legislation.
The problem is the MP's and lawers don't understand these techoniges and that
it why the bill needs slowing down so that the MP's can be informed.
nah, they'll just get "informed" by pirates, defenders of pirates,
liars, lobbyists, single issue fanatics, lefties that don't believe in
intellectual property etc etc etc.
Many ISPs restrict the throughput of P2P protocols dramatically in any
case, for example Talk Talk, so that's another way of limiting the
volume of piracy.
Phil
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