Three Strikes | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Sat, 28 Mar 2015 15:41:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Three Strikes | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Court Orders ISPs to disconnect pirates https://www.kitguru.net/channel/generaltech/matthew-wilson/court-orders-isps-to-disconnect-pirates/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/generaltech/matthew-wilson/court-orders-isps-to-disconnect-pirates/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2015 15:21:16 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=242479 An Irish court has ruled in favour of several large record labels, forcing Ireland based Internet Service Provider, UPC, to introduce a three strike rule, that will disconnect repeat offenders when it comes to copyright infringement and illegal downloads. The case originally kicked off half a year ago when the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) …

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An Irish court has ruled in favour of several large record labels, forcing Ireland based Internet Service Provider, UPC, to introduce a three strike rule, that will disconnect repeat offenders when it comes to copyright infringement and illegal downloads.

The case originally kicked off half a year ago when the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) ended legal action against local ISP, Eircom, when the ISP agreed to force a  three strikes policy on its customers. Labels affiliated with the IRMA, including Sony, Universal and Warner, would then forward on infringement notices to the ISP.

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Following Eircom's agreement to the scheme, the IRMA moved to have UPC do the same thing. The ISP fought back for several years but unfortunately, a judge has now ordered it to implement a three strike rule. UPC will need to foot 80 per cent of the bill to implement the system while the IRMA will chip in the final 20 per cent.

UPC tried to make the argument that it is not the ISPs job to police its customers, but the judge on the case sided pretty much entirely with the record labels. Now UPC must give customers warnings once caught downloading, repeat offenders will eventually have their service disconnected.

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KitGuru Says: It shouldn't be an ISP's job to keep an eye on what its customers are doing on its service. Additionally, we already know that record labels send out hundreds upon hundreds of false DMCA claims on legitimate content almost daily, which to me at least, shows that they can't be trusted to fairly report copyright infringers to their ISP.

Source: TorrentFreak

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France could drop its three strikes anti-piracy law https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/france-could-drop-its-three-strikes-anti-piracy-law/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/france-could-drop-its-three-strikes-anti-piracy-law/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:45:00 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=102400 One of Europe's proponents of the controversial three strikes anti-piracy law could be set to drop it, after an announcement by French culture minister Aurelie Filipetti described it as “too expensive to justify.” Hadopi is both the name of the anti-piracy law itself and the organisation that is in charge of enforcing it. However, with …

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One of Europe's proponents of the controversial three strikes anti-piracy law could be set to drop it, after an announcement by French culture minister Aurelie Filipetti described it as “too expensive to justify.”

Hadopi is both the name of the anti-piracy law itself and the organisation that is in charge of enforcing it. However, with claims that the budget could be severely reduced, that may not be the case for long.

“In financial terms, 12 million euros a year and 60 officers, it’s an expensive way to send a million e-mails,” the Minister said (via TorrentFreak). “As part of budgetary efforts, I will ask that funding of Hadopi is greatly reduced.”

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While Filipetti didn't give too many details in her interview with the Nouvel Observateur about what cuts would be made and by how much, the details will come out in September when they are officially announced. She did however go on to say that the current system of disconnecting users that repeatedly infringe copyright was not a fair way to deal with the situation, stating that: “The suspension of internet access seems a disproportionate sanction against the end goal.”

Hadopi was initially introduced by President Sarkozy in May 2009, despite much opposition even leading to its rejection a month earlier by the French National Assembly.

KitGuru Says: It's good to see laws that can potential target innocents being looked into for their effectiveness. In reality the entertainment industry needs to learn to compete with piracy as if it were a rival company, instead of attacking the very people it wants to buy its products.

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