Inventive Software
25th October 2007, 15:41
Oh dear oh dear oh dear. What have we got here? Something blatantly ripped from the US, perhaps? Not quite, but a senior politician is saying that anti-filesharing laws should be considered. He is also asking ISPs to "play a more activist role in the problem of illegal file-sharing".
The ISPA's (Internet Service Provider's Association) response was this:
The Internet Service Providers Association has always maintained that it cannot be held responsible for illegal peer-to-peer traffic because it is "merely a conduit" of such material.
"ISPA does not support abuses of copyright and intellectual property theft," said an ISPA spokesman.
He said: "However, ISPs cannot monitor or record the type of information passed over their network. ISPs are no more able to inspect and filter every single packet passing across their network than the Post Office is able to open every envelope."
"ISPs deal with many more packets of data each day than postal services and data protection legislation actually prevents ISPs from looking at the content of the packets sent," he added.
ISPs in the US already do it, so what's stopping the UK providers? Common sense?! :rolleyes:
If this does go ahead, expect the EU to have not only their opinions, but also their legislation, probably stopping the UK from doing this. :D
Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7059881.stm
The ISPA's (Internet Service Provider's Association) response was this:
The Internet Service Providers Association has always maintained that it cannot be held responsible for illegal peer-to-peer traffic because it is "merely a conduit" of such material.
"ISPA does not support abuses of copyright and intellectual property theft," said an ISPA spokesman.
He said: "However, ISPs cannot monitor or record the type of information passed over their network. ISPs are no more able to inspect and filter every single packet passing across their network than the Post Office is able to open every envelope."
"ISPs deal with many more packets of data each day than postal services and data protection legislation actually prevents ISPs from looking at the content of the packets sent," he added.
ISPs in the US already do it, so what's stopping the UK providers? Common sense?! :rolleyes:
If this does go ahead, expect the EU to have not only their opinions, but also their legislation, probably stopping the UK from doing this. :D
Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7059881.stm