Households in the UK that persistently pirate music and movies online will receive emails warning them that their actions are illegal from next year.
The warnings are part of a new scheme brokered between internet service providers (ISPs) and the industry bodies representing content copyright holders to educate the public about online piracy.
From the beginning of 2015, up to four warnings will be sent annually to individuals suspected of online piracy, although if these warnings are ignored no further action will be taken.
The scheme is called Creative Content UK (previously known as the 'voluntary copyright alert programme' or Vcap) and is a significant step back from plans outlined in the Digital Economy Act 2010, which would have seen persistent pirates have their internet access cut.
Speaking in March this year, creative industries Minister Ed Vaizey said that implementing the act fully had been held back by “significant technical obstacles”.
In addition to cutting off internet access, industry rights holders also wanted the warnings to mention potential penalties facing pirates as well as giving the industry access to a database of known file-sharers.
In addition to the letters, the government has also pledged to contribute £3.5 million to a new educational campaign promoting legal ways to download music and movies.
Business secretary Vince Cable announced the scheme, saying: “It's a difficult industry to pin down and it's also difficult to protect. But unless you protect it then it's an industry that cannot function."
Figures published by Ofcom [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] suggested that nearly a quarter of all downlaods in the UK were of pirated content, but that just two per cent of users accounted for nearly three quarters (74 per cent) of the volume of downloads.
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Further extract:
"But sources close to the discussion suggest there could be a bigger game at play here. Within the leaked agreement, one important point: if this system does not have a big effect on piracy, then rights holders will call for the "rapid implementation" of the Digital Economy Act, and all the strict measures that come with it. Steve Kuncewicz, an expert in online and internet law, agreed. He speculated that the deal "may be a Trojan horse exercise in gathering intelligence about how seriously downloaders take threats". In other words, if it can be shown that asking nicely does not have a significant effect on curbing piracy, rights holders will for the first time have a seriously credible set of data with which to apply pressure for harder enforcement on those who simply do not want to pay for entertainment."
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Originally Posted by evilsatan
Further extract:
"But sources close to the discussion suggest there could be a bigger game at play here. Within the leaked agreement, one important point: if this system does not have a big effect on piracy, then rights holders will call for the "rapid implementation" of the Digital Economy Act, and all the strict measures that come with it. Steve Kuncewicz, an expert in online and internet law, agreed. He speculated that the deal "may be a Trojan horse exercise in gathering intelligence about how seriously downloaders take threats". In other words, if it can be shown that asking nicely does not have a significant effect on curbing piracy, rights holders will for the first time have a seriously credible set of data with which to apply pressure for harder enforcement on those who simply do not want to pay for entertainment."
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Totally agree it's a Trojan horse and I would not trust Vince Cable he is scum and lists one of his biggest achievements as being the driving force behind getting the maximum sentence for software piracy increased from 2 years to 10 years.
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Originally Posted by Bald Bouncer
Totally agree it's a Trojan horse and I would not trust Vince Cable he is scum and lists one of his biggest achievements as being the driving force behind getting the maximum sentence for software piracy increased from 2 years to 10 years.
10 years for pirating a movie? fook me, what did that old cunt Stuart Hall get 5/6 years for touching kids? the world is truly fucked
You know he grew up as a little shitspark from the old shitflint and then he turned into a shitbonfire and driven by the winds of his monumental ignorance he turned into a raging shitfirestorm. If I get to be married to Barb I'll have total control of Sunnyvale and then I can unleash the shitnami tidal wave that will engulf Ricky and extinguish his shitflames forever. And with any luck he'll drown in the undershit of that wave. Shitwaves.
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Originally Posted by Mystical_2K
10 years for pirating a movie? fook me, what did that old cunt Stuart Hall get 5/6 years for touching kids? the world is truly fucked
Vince Cable
Successfully shepherded a private members bill through parliament Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act 2002 in 2002. The bill was aimed at organised crime involved in large-scale copyright piracy. Vincent Cable obtained all party backing for the bill. Getting any private members bill passed is a major achievement as they can be easily stopped by nearly any member of parliament and often the government does not allow much if any time on the schedule for the bill. The Bill increased the maximum penalty for copyright theft in the UK from two years to 10 years it also gives the authorities increased provision to obtain search warrants and powers to seize goods.
Now what member of the public demanded that and what member of the public thinks that for house breaking, mugging, GBH, possession of child pornography, sexual assault first offence most cases will get a community service order but for software piracy most cases result in a prison sentence, you actually have more chance of going to prison for a DVD of the latest blockbuster than a DVD of kiddy porn it's a fucking joke.
'The bill was aimed at organised crime involved in large-scale copyright piracy' <-- also a good idea of the smoke screen they use to introduce things for one thing and use them for another as it is being used against every offender not organised crime involved in large-scale copyright piracy
Re: UK pirates will get four warning letters a year
Originally Posted by Bald Bouncer
Vince Cable
Successfully shepherded a private members bill through parliament Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act 2002 in 2002. The bill was aimed at organised crime involved in large-scale copyright piracy. Vincent Cable obtained all party backing for the bill. Getting any private members bill passed is a major achievement as they can be easily stopped by nearly any member of parliament and often the government does not allow much if any time on the schedule for the bill. The Bill increased the maximum penalty for copyright theft in the UK from two years to 10 years it also gives the authorities increased provision to obtain search warrants and powers to seize goods.
Now what member of the public demanded that and what member of the public thinks that for house breaking, mugging, GBH, possession of child pornography, sexual assault first offence most cases will get a community service order but for software piracy most cases result in a prison sentence, you actually have more chance of going to prison for a DVD of the latest blockbuster than a DVD of kiddy porn it's a fucking joke.
'The bill was aimed at organised crime involved in large-scale copyright piracy' <-- also a good idea of the smoke screen they use to introduce things for one thing and use them for another as it is being used against every offender not organised crime involved in large-scale copyright piracy
yeah so they are putting out a bill and saying its intended for one thing (but e.g. has more powers if you read the fine print) and once the bill is passed the larger implications of the bill (or wider reaching parts) become apparent and it starts getting used for a much larger scale of operations than people were led to believe, and to fuel the fire i assume the media is gently adding the coal a bit at a time
You know he grew up as a little shitspark from the old shitflint and then he turned into a shitbonfire and driven by the winds of his monumental ignorance he turned into a raging shitfirestorm. If I get to be married to Barb I'll have total control of Sunnyvale and then I can unleash the shitnami tidal wave that will engulf Ricky and extinguish his shitflames forever. And with any luck he'll drown in the undershit of that wave. Shitwaves.
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I don't know about anyone else but I would say that the movie download scene is just about dead.. certainly for movies still in theatres.. so the amount I actually download had plummeted massively. IT also seems to take quite some time for movies which have gone to DVD to appear. I mostly grab US tv shows now.
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I am always willing to buy / pay to watch if the film is as good as it would appear. Often the only good parts are crammed into the trailer. False advertisement! Wheres my refund?
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Astrill is my VPN of choice. Works on Android and IOS too.
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]concerns me, also later in the thread someone advises against Private Internet Access as it is US based. Personally I thought the one probably worth trusting was iPred but it looks like the VPN market is a minefield.
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Re: UK pirates will get four warning letters a year
Originally Posted by evilsatan
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]concerns me, also later in the thread someone advises against Private Internet Access as it is US based. Personally I thought the one probably worth trusting was iPred but it looks like the VPN market is a minefield.
The only warning I have had re uploading copyrighted stuff was when I used a US VPN.. stopped that right away LOL
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Such a waste of money if the government aren't going to add any end product to the emails. Its pretty pointless as people will simply not give a fuck or just delete the email.
Re: UK pirates will get four warning letters a year
Originally Posted by tigro
Such a waste of money if the government aren't going to add any end product to the emails. Its pretty pointless as people will simply not give a fuck or just delete the email.
Re: UK pirates will get four warning letters a year
Originally Posted by tigro
Such a waste of money if the government aren't going to add any end product to the emails. Its pretty pointless as people will simply not give a fuck or just delete the email.
Originally Posted by piggzy
Exactly what I did !
Don't you think this is exactly the response they expect and want, I will come back and post a told you so when the BBC LATEST NEWS READS: New legislation to be introduced to deal with persistent software piracy after the scheme agreed last year has failed, this comes after (list of companies) demanded action after an estimated (made up amount then times by 10) has been lost in revenue and jobs (insert additional pro legislation propaganda) and Bobs your uncle this legislation has been pushed through with cross party support.......
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