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Mazza · 04-08-2010, 09:34 PM

Anyone heard of this? I think it was passed yesterday. I'm interesting in the whole downloading illegally part of it. It seems the government can now see what people are downloading and suspend you from the internet, block certain sites, fine you etc. I haven't been able to find a lot of information out about it and I'm confused as to what it means. Can we be caught easier now, or is this something I shouldn't worry about? I hope someone with a little more knowledge about this kind of thing can shed some light for me. Thanks.

xXpsychoXx · 04-08-2010, 09:46 PM

I'd like to know aswell, as I regularly upload Japanese music etc

Espada1 · 04-08-2010, 10:48 PM

Wow communist bill much?

Munkerz · 04-08-2010, 11:15 PM

Did I hear that this pretty much stops us using peer-to-peer, and downloading mods for games based on copyright material. And some notes seem to point at games being rated higher.

I'm gonna have to find a decent summary of this, the one on the site is useless really, and I don't want to be going on the rumours .

EDIT:
http://www.lordswhips.org.uk/documen...ge%20brief.pdf

Well it's a slightly better one.

Mazza · 04-09-2010, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Munkerz

Did I hear that this pretty much stops us using peer-to-peer, and downloading mods for games based on copyright material. And some notes seem to point at games being rated higher.

I'm gonna have to find a decent summary of this, the one on the site is useless really, and I don't want to be going on the rumours .

EDIT:
http://www.lordswhips.org.uk/documen...ge%20brief.pdf

Well it's a slightly better one.

So it seems no one knows whether we can still download stuff and not get caught?

EIi · 04-09-2010, 01:54 AM

you guys are fawked. hard. unlubbed.

it seems the more we move forward, the more mistakes that were supposed to be learned from keep appearing.

TheJESTERJ · 04-09-2010, 02:07 AM

Looks like a double edged sword to sites like Youtube who deal with copyright claims all the time. Looks like they'll just end up blocking the user end if the websites refuse to cooperate. I doubt huge sites like Youtube or p2p programs like BitTorrent will get blocked as they'd be more that happy to get some help dealing with infringement.

It'll improve the UK infanstructure, which would be good over here in the States but I'm not sure how the situation is over there. Can anyone in the UK comment on the current infastructure?

Pwet · 04-09-2010, 02:11 AM

You guys are transforming into Australia

I'm not surprised, UK is very law-happy. Soon butter knives will be illegal due to potential butter knife terrorists.

MarchoftheBlackLions · 04-09-2010, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Pwet

Soon butter knives will be illegal due to potential butter knife terrorists.

04-08-2010, 09:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mazza Sonic’s Milkshake Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 314 Reputation: 8	UK Digital economy bill Anyone heard of this? I think it was passed yesterday. I'm interesting in the whole downloading illegally part of it. It seems the government can now see what people are downloading and suspend you from the internet, block certain sites, fine you etc. I haven't been able to find a lot of information out about it and I'm confused as to what it means. Can we be caught easier now, or is this something I shouldn't worry about? I hope someone with a little more knowledge about this kind of thing can shed some light for me. Thanks. __________________ Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook.

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Munkerz Lockhart’s are forever Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 380 Reputation: 11	Did I hear that this pretty much stops us using peer-to-peer, and downloading mods for games based on copyright material. And some notes seem to point at games being rated higher. I'm gonna have to find a decent summary of this, the one on the site is useless really, and I don't want to be going on the rumours . EDIT: http://www.lordswhips.org.uk/documen...ge%20brief.pdf Well it's a slightly better one. __________________ Last edited by Munkerz; 04-08-2010 at 11:20 PM.

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TheJESTERJ OnRPG Elite Member! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 4,598 Reputation: 177	Looks like a double edged sword to sites like Youtube who deal with copyright claims all the time. Looks like they'll just end up blocking the user end if the websites refuse to cooperate. I doubt huge sites like Youtube or p2p programs like BitTorrent will get blocked as they'd be more that happy to get some help dealing with infringement. It'll improve the UK infanstructure, which would be good over here in the States but I'm not sure how the situation is over there. Can anyone in the UK comment on the current infastructure? __________________

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04-08-2010, 10:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
Espada1 Xenonight2's Zealot Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,466 Reputation: 32	Wow communist bill much?

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EIi Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 469 Reputation: 33	you guys are fawked. hard. unlubbed. it seems the more we move forward, the more mistakes that were supposed to be learned from keep appearing.

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Pwet Rock Man Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 420 Reputation: 15	You guys are transforming into Australia I'm not surprised, UK is very law-happy. Soon butter knives will be illegal due to potential butter knife terrorists.