Government to crack down on piracy websites in South Africa

[Jamie McKane]

Government to crack down on piracy websites in South Africa

The South African government plans to crack down on illegal file-sharing and streaming websites in South Africa.

Speaking to the Parliament Portfolio Committee on Communications, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) said ISPs should be required to cooperate with the government to fight online piracy.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

like the insane netflix tax, will be ignored by most people that have a working braincell or 2.

 

[Lupus]

Shouldn't they be cracking down on real crimes first?

 

[w1z4rd]

If the government gets any of this legislation through, Im going to start selling VPNs.

 

[Jola]

If they want to crack down on crime they need to look no further than Lootfreely House.

 

[Thor]

Please remove the viglink spam from Tapatalk.

 

[konfab]

Whereas the whitepaper proposes legislative amendments to deal with piracy in general, DCDT chief director of broadcasting policy Collin Mashile has specifically named illegal file-sharing websites and streaming platforms as major culprits.

“The draft white paper proposes that legislation impose requirements on ISPs to cooperate with rights-holders and government to police illegal file-sharing or streaming websites,” the Mashile said.

“Piracy is damaging to the sector, it is a worldwide problem, and with the emergence of online, it has become a very damaging issue.”

“Most of this currently happens online, and the ISPs are govern

So people sharing copies of files is damaging to the economy, yet the government taking control of all property in South Africa is not.

The ANC and their allies don't give a toss about intellectual property by the way of their actions in wanting to ammend section 25 of the constition. This action is nothing but a thinly veiled censorship bill.

 

[hj007]

If the government gets any of this legislation through, Im going to start selling VPNs.

Which one is best?

 

[FaSMaN]

This means that the provision which protects ISPs from monitoring the traffic of South African consumers must be removed in order for the proposed crackdown on piracy to be effected efficiently.

This is what they are really after, it has nothing to do with piracy, they want the provision to be removed so and make it easier for them to get access to the ISP logs, so bassically the first step towards china like internet , next would be mass blocking of anything they dont want, netflix , social media that doesnt align to them, etc....

 

[charlieharper]

Downloading music is so 2004

 

[Toxic T]

What about shows that are not available locally?

 

[Creag]

Next, we shall be a Police State!

 

[friedpiggy]

Looking at all of the proposed legislation coming out, Netflix local content, Tv licence carp, now this, I have to wonder if anybody in government has ever heard of a vpn.

 

[Grouter]

Another Govt "white paper".

 

[Kola_CT]

This is what they are really after, it has nothing to do with piracy, they want the provision to be removed so and make it easier for them to get access to the ISP logs, so bassically the first step towards china like internet , next would be mass blocking of anything they dont want, netflix , social media that doesnt align to them, etc....

This indeed, all about control.

 

[Rickster]

What about shows that are not available locally?

Dont ask them that question directly, you will cause more brain damage.

 

[KikzAzz]

If only there was the same dedication to fight corruption and crime.

That said, by drafting these regulations, it probably takes away the focus from their corrupt activities. Same method used by magicians. We should perhaps stop calling them politicians. They are actually magicians.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Really, we have local piracy sites, awesome, why has no one told me about them. Could have saved a lot of international transit.

 

[stroudmw]

Downloading music is so 2004

Really. You can get all you need on streaming services like Spotify. Assuming you don't mind the sound quality.

 

[quax]

VPN boys. Good luck to them