uk Britain just decriminalised online game piracy

[bigmehdi]

The best warning against piracy I ever know:

 

"Downloading a film is stealing. If you do it, you will face the consequences"

 

[FiB3R]

Yes actually ......  :shiftyninja:

lol.

 

Would you be so kind as to share it with me? My Google-fu must be lacking today, I couldn't find anything directly related to this.

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And the green grass grows all around... They should employ hackers to stop it, not 'IT managers who have been in the industry for over 40 years'.

 

One question I have is: how does Google get away with music/movies on YouTube?

[FiB3R]

And the green grass grows all around... They should employ hackers to stop it, not 'IT managers who have been in the industry for over 40 years'.

 

One question I have is: how does Google get away with music/movies on YouTube?

But we are the "hackers". Incoming clich? ... http://phrack.org/issues/7/3.html

 

When it comes to Google, there is a lot of money changing hands.

 

[neo1911]

Speaking as the head of the British Photogenic Industry, I am fine with this. :shifty:

Actually I meant the British Pornographic Phonographic Industry. Autocorrect be damned!!

[FiB3R]

Actually I meant the British Pornographic Phonographic Industry. Autocorrect be damned!!

lol, I know :p

[Guest]

Damned be the people trying to protect the works they've done, and the money and time they've invested.

 

Might as well set up a national pirate bay, UK.

[mps69]

So the question now is, will the music/movie/gaming industry be able to pursue a private case to prevent people downloading in the UK under the copyright laws?

Does your ISP have to pass the media industry your details?

[vcfan]

So the question now is, will the music/movie/gaming industry be able to pursue a private case to prevent people downloading in the UK under the copyright laws?

Does your ISP have to pass the media industry your details?

 

the content owners can still serve you with a civil lawsuit.

[ManMountain]

An IP address alone is insufficient proof that you committed a crime. The onus rests with the content owners to prove that you illegally obtained their product which would be hard to prove. 

[Noir Angel]

This does not legalise piracy, it's still a criminal offence, they have just shelved their plans to disconnect people's Internet because of the fact that it's going to cost a lot of money and have little real world impact.

[PGHammer]

Damned be the people trying to protect the works they've done, and the money and time they've invested.

 

Might as well set up a national pirate bay, UK.

 

Damned be the people trying to protect the works they've done, and the money and time they've invested.

 

Might as well set up a national pirate bay, UK.

The issue is VERY much a matter of notional national priorities - the scale of protection asked for by the IP owners is greater in terms of scale than that for crimes against persons (including murder) - since when is a property crime more critical than killing someone?

 

I'm not exempting the UK, either - look at the scape of protection asked for anywhere, if not everywhere.  The insistence and insistence is that protection of property is MORE important than protection of persons - what utter nonsense.

 

The problem with the response is that it's LOGICAL - logic is not supposed to be the basis of law.

[+Anarkii Subscriber²]

Is this a thing?

Ah! :rolleyes:

Yes I have received 2 warnings in the past, one for talking about a piracy (back when IE betas were a thing) and recently when I posted that Game of Thrones was once again the most pirated tv show (i posted a screenshot showing seeds/leechers) and thats against the rules apparently. My warning was a grey area since I didnt actually link to anything.

At the end of the day, from what I gather, you can talk about it, just not link to get anything. Posting screenshots is also a nono. Hope that helps :D

[smooth_criminal1990]

Hey, guess what...

 

http://torrentfreak.com/the-uk-did-not-just-decriminalize-file-sharing-140723/

[+Red King Subscriber²]

Hey, guess what...

 

http://torrentfreak.com/the-uk-did-not-just-decriminalize-file-sharing-140723/

Bummer.

[FloatingFatMan]

Erm... no ;).

For the record, this isn't quite as media etc are making out. The agreement is that, if this scheme doesn't work (which it won't), THEN they will try other options. They're just saying that they're not going to start cutting people off.

Also, ISPs have agreed to limit the number of letters they're willing to send out. Which means failure is pretty much guaranteed, thus paving the way for further action later down the line.

 

Indeed.  It's kinda ridiculous how much the various media sources are misrepresenting this.