nsane.forums Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 Reports of countries mulling the possibility of 3 strikes for online pirates is nothing new and if those reports are to be believed, it might or might not be implemented in dozens of countries in the future.There is no such doubt in South Korea. Today, tough new anti-piracy legislation takes effect which targets illicit file-sharers in a particularly aggressive way. The scheme, hatched by the country’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, gives authorities the power to disconnect pirates for up to 6 months.However, 3 Strikes for file-sharers is just a small part of the issue.Although the government insists the rules are targeted at large scale infringers, thanks to a lack of clear boundaries in the legislation - which simply refers to “copyrighted content” - South Korea has extended the 3 Strikes concept to pretty much everyone adding content to the Internet.According to SKC, the operator of social networking site Cyworld and web portal Nate, any South Korean running a blog or a social networking page will have to be very careful indeed.In recent days the company has been alerting its users to the new law, notifying them that not only is the sharing of copyright songs, movies and TV shows illegal, but also the use of any copyrighted images or videos. Any of these could earn the infringer a strike.Any ‘YouTube’-style homemade videos that contain copyrighted music in the background are also banned and will also get you a strike.And song lyrics. And excerpts from books.We shall know shortly if the copyright industries behave responsibly with their new found power or if they choose to use it as a weapon of mass disconnection. Either way, South Korea’s enviable broadband position is hardly likely to benefit from the legislation.Post from: TorrentFreak View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Lite Posted July 24, 2009 Administrator Share Posted July 24, 2009 Tough new anti-P2P efforts include six-month suspension of Internet connections for those accused of copyright infringement. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted July 24, 2009 Administrator Share Posted July 24, 2009 Now this is nuts. I know this piracy thing is bad for the makers but on the other side I think pirates do get the company's useless proudness and uselessly high price down to the earth. Some of them increase their prices after increase in the piracy rate but the high prices are useless. I know I can be criticized by this. ANW in the end I am against piracy(well you may say that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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