Disconnecting online pirates

The ISP's that follow this route could potentially loose customers to other ISP's. If they loose say 10% of the customer base due to these actions they will notice it.
 
Well I'm sure many in SA would pay for downloads..but there are just no services available. I refer to realistic services! I mean here you get idiots that suck you dry for downloading a a few dumb ringtones, never mind a tv show!
 
if anyone isnt smart enough to not get caught :) they deserve to get DC !
 
Let's just correct a few terms here. The people who are being labeled as "pirates" are actually consumers. The people who are trying to extort more money from them are the real pirates.

The problem is not with people downloading stuff... that is exactly what the internet is designed for. The problem is with people not willing to make stuff available for download because they are greedy.
 
So the ISP's are playing police and intercepting communications. Interesting. Can't see many people staying with those ISP's (as Peanutville mentioned)
 
peanutville said:
The ISP's that follow this route could potentially loose customers to other ISP's. If they loose say 10% of the customer base due to these actions they will notice it.
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This is what I see happening as well. So long as the other ISPs don't buckle under pressure from Irma they'll rake in the discerning users (and the users Eircom cut off). I just pray for the Irish broadband users' sake that this policy doesn't become law.

Garyvdh said:
Let's just correct a few terms here. The people who are being labeled as "pirates" are actually consumers. The people who are trying to extort more money from them are the real pirates.
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I like this definition :-)

Garyvdh said:
The problem is not with people downloading stuff... that is exactly what the internet is designed for. The problem is with people not willing to make stuff available for download because they are greedy.
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I don't think greed is always the overriding factor. If it's money they wanted then surely they would offer the stuff we want to watch/hear/play for (legal) download outisde North America? As an added caveat to this statement I must add "On *our* terms," i.e. without DRM that prevents me from legally copying it between my machines and/or media playing devices.
 
People who use public trackers and p2p apps like Limewire deserve anything that comes their way.
 
Eircom is not monitoring users traffic.
Eircom has simply agreed to comply with any court order that comes out of a Copyright violation.

Note that they still need a court order. So they're not going around just cutting people off because they downloaded the last episode of Lost.
 
These guys already have a lot of money!
Just let us download you greedy bastards
 
Garyvdh said:
The people who are being labeled as "pirates" are actually consumers.
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Actually I wouldn't call them consumers. For what happens while and after a torrent is downloaded? It's shared to many others, making them far more than consumers.

The record labels, on the other hand, are the consumers. They consume the art of the musicians, and then consume the wealth of the market. And when they've milked one artist and market for all its worth, they move onto the next and consume more. They contribute very little. The artists are the real contributors and the record labels are simply a virus on humanity.
 
you can Kill Piracy.... you woulld only limit for a small while then its back bigger than ever. We all know of Networks that isnt p2p that supports piracy on a massive scale. That is not connected onto the Internet.... Viva Pirates! Forever.
 
I still dont get what the music industry has againsta local south african football team.
 
Has anybody heard of South African users receiving notices from there ISP about "illigal" use?
 
I think it is too early to start crying danger. If US ISPs, British ISPs and Asian ISPs start implementing this broadband cut if, then I'll say it is inevitable, the web is beginning controlled! Until then I'll just sit back and enjoy my uncapped.
 
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