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elykoj

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Jan 6, 2012
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In July all the major ISP's and wireless carriers are going to start busting you illegal music and movie downloads. How can they police this for people on public wifi ? confused??:confused:
 
Have you got a news article to link to, at least to give us an indication of the country (presumably US)?

I don't know what (if any) obligation the ISPs in the US are under. In the UK it's currently a reactive one due to the stalled implementation of the Digital Economy Act; ISPs will block a site if they're given a court order to do so, but aren't obliged to go to any more onerous terms than blocking that site.
 
its USA

Have you got a news article to link to, at least to give us an indication of the country (presumably US)?

I don't know what (if any) obligation the ISPs in the US are under. In the UK it's currently a reactive one due to the stalled implementation of the Digital Economy Act; ISPs will block a site if they're given a court order to do so, but aren't obliged to go to any more onerous terms than blocking that site.

http://www.bgr.com/2012/05/21/anti-piracy-isp-system-delayed-copyright-cop/
 
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