gagquin Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 France unveils anti-piracy planFrench web users caught pirating movies or music could soon be thrown offline. Those illegally sharing files will face the loss of their net access thanks to a newly-created anti-piracy body granted the wide-ranging powers. The anti-piracy body comes out of a deal agreed by France's music and movie makers and its net firms. The group who brokered the deal said the measures were intended to curb casual piracy rather than tackle large scale pirate groups. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the deal was a "decisive moment for the future of a civilised internet". Net firms will monitor what their customers are doing and pass on information about persistent pirates to the new independent body. Those identified will get a warning and then be threatened with either being cut off or suspended if they do not stop illegal file-sharing. The agreement between net firms, record companies, film-makers and government was drawn up by a special committee created to look at the problem of the net and cultural protection. Denis Olivennes, head of the French chain store FNAC, who chaired the committee said current penalties for piracy - large fines and years in jail - were "totally disproportionate" for those young people who do file-share illegally. In return for agreeing to monitor net use, film-makers agreed to speed up the transfer of movies to DVD and music firms pledged to support DRM-free tracks on music stores. The deal was hailed by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represents the global interests of the music business. "This is the single most important initiative to help win the war on online piracy that we have seen so far," it said in a statement. French consumer group UFC Que Choisir was more cautious. It said the agreement was "very tough, potentially destructive of freedom, anti-economic and against digital history". iNfo@ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 god i hate european laws on the internet. they always use the isp to police. i wonder how much the members of this new independent body will get paid. and who will watch them. sounds like a monopoly. i trust microsoft before groups like this.this means the isp will have to watch everything. im guessing this makes it even more harder for a new isp to come along too. another monopoly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warezist Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 ''The measures were intended to curb casual piracy rather than tackle large scale pirate groups.''...It just gets worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eBait Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 :welcome: How the hell will they enforce this? Or did they just aquire loads of proxy/VPN providers to make money? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolt_Gundam510 Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 :welcome: How the hell will they enforce this? Or did they just aquire loads of proxy/VPN providers to make money? :PeBait my friend they have to get the money from some where to pay for the servers the up keep of them, not to mention the Hackers and Crackers they have staffed under them probley giveing them free reign to do as they please as long as they cover there tracks. i was reading on an under ground place that they have Hackers and Crackers in there staff and that they get payed 6 digit salerys. before any one asks i don't give my sources up so don't ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 :welcome: How the hell will they enforce this? Or did they just aquire loads of proxy/VPN providers to make money? :PeBait my friend they have to get the money from some where to pay for the servers the up keep of them, not to mention the Hackers and Crackers they have staffed under them probley giveing them free reign to do as they please as long as they cover there tracks. i was reading on an under ground place that they have Hackers and Crackers in there staff and that they get payed 6 digit salerys. before any one asks i don't give my sources up so don't ask.6 digit pay for hackers and crackers. hmmm we know who the real pirates (tratiors) are now. so you will in up with elitest group of hackers that are above this new deal. most of the scene groups hate p2p users anyway. it will also purge the newbie ones to. like any elitest group, these hackers/crackers stay in power by making sure there is no new generation of hackers/crackers that might get good at it.this new phony deal is gong to cost tens of millions of dollars. could eve get into the 100's very easy. next excuse is it will of course then be used to fight crime like kiddy porn. and you people complain about the paroit act in the usa. this is 100 times worst and without any safe guards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 they will fuck it up for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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