MultiChoice is hiring someone to go after online pirates

Segg said:
You seem overly concerned with this, chances are the impact won't be felt at all. People use the Internet for things other than downloading TV shows and movies.
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I just find it interesting. I read many articles here and how slow our internet is. How much data South Africans use etc.
 
Neoprod said:
Multichoice are trying to protect their distribution rights for this territory.
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They are their own worst enemies. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

ShowMax is the first positive step, just two to three years late.
 
milo69 said:
Mybb releases articles about pirates downloading terabytes of data. Will people still need high speed lines if they arent streaming or using big caps? Will isps still invest in capacity and will fibre even be needed?
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The usage will continue to grow. I don't get your point?
 
MultiChoice is hiring a Cyber Piracy Investigator, whose job will include profiling South Africans who illegally download video content.
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Just video huh? Other files are cool for torrenting? ...what about .zip files with video inside? I can totally imagine them unzipping files from 1000+ people :-D
 
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I considered Showmax but will now rather wait on Netflix. Fedup with this bully tactics.
 
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biometrics said:
The usage will continue to grow. I don't get your point?
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Do the data hungry individuals olyn browse and read emails? Will everybody sign up for showmax? Will people still use hulu and netflix even thou dstv wants to sue them?
 
Segg said:
He seems to think that 99% of the country's Internet capacity is used for downloading torrents of the latest TV shows....
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I dont know much about this stuff. That is why I am asking questions.
 
DJ... said:
I also expect this to be the most fruitless position at MultiChoice since content quality assurance manager...
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Sounds like someone pitched them the idea with a very good Powerpoint presentation and got thrown a ton of cash to make it so.
 
milo69 said:
Do the data hungry individuals olyn browse and read emails? Will everybody sign up for showmax? Will people still use hulu and netflix even thou dstv wants to sue them?
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I use the internet for business and entertainment. Most of it legally.

Your point?
 
milo69 said:
Netflix, hulu, bbc, itv etc arent legal.
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I don't think region lock bypassing is illegal.

I pay for those services.

Next?

For someone that claims to know nothing about this stuff, you seem to know more than you admit. Do you work for the devil?
 
biometrics said:
I don't think region lock bypassing is illegal.

I pay for those services.

Next.
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Not according to Dstv and a lawyer that mybb interviewed. Oh and that film board thingy also considers international streaming services illegal.
 
milo69 said:
Not according to Dstv and a lawyer that mybb interviewed. Oh and that film board thingy also considers international streaming services illegal.
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Starting to get the whiff of shill here.
 
milo69 said:
Netflix, hulu, bbc, itv etc arent legal.
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So, has that stopped anyone?
It would be almost impossible for multichoice to point out anyone making a connection between their device and the streaming sites servers. They would require a warrant which would effectively give them wire tapping abilities, and based on a hunch this won't be granted. As for torrents, a decent VPN costs like $5 per month, and makes your location seem like it's in a different country, and they often combine your traffic with others, effectively blending you in with a crowd.

This whole thing is pretty much a scare tactic, but saying that I still wouldn't want to be contributing anything from multi choice to a streaming site, and I'm sure they'll come up with some form of water marking or other identification technique embedded in the stream
 
Once Netflix launches locally you may find that DSTV loses a lot of the distribution rights, especially since they have been doing a really poor job with those rights.

OTOH Netflix doesn't really show the latest stuff, except for their own products (eg House of Cards).

ShowMax may just replace Hulu.
 
Neoprod said:
Multichoice are trying to protect their distribution rights for this territory.
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Okay, but how does that work then? I get studios doing it, they incurred the production costs and are the owners of the content... As you say, MC just distributes. Are we getting to a point where everyone in the chain is deputised to go after downloaders?
From a financial perspective, would fines go into MC's coffers or would they have to be paid on to the studios? If it's the latter, why bother? Monitoring and prosecuting become a money pit with no up side.
From a PR perspective, I've never read a story where a studio has tried to make an example out of a downloader, where the studio haven't come off looking like a horses ass. MC want that press here as well?
 
biometrics said:
Starting to get the whiff of ...
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My point is that you cannot claim that this wont reduce the demand high speed internet and big caps.

Emailing, browsing, streaming from local providers(i.e showmax etc) and youtube are legal.

This technically will have an affect on the usage patterns of South Africans. Just saying
 
milo69 said:
Dont most students have uncapped in their digs etc. How do you prove who downloaded content? Your neighbour could have hacked your wifi? Will internet cafes also shut down? Will schools and universities be sued?
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Home - every ISP's T&C state that owner is responsible for what's happening on their connection and responsible for security of their home network.

Students - universities can track by registered MAC address. To use university wifi, one should register wireless interface MAC address under their account/student number/credentials. Only one interface is allowed at time, to reset to new MAC address, one should wait 24 before wifi could be used under new MAC address.

Internet Cafe - that's going to be problematic.

Brentontw said:
*Quietly changes proxy and opens TOR*:whistling:
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You cannot use torrents with Tor:
1) It leaks security due to nature of UDP.
2) Overloads Tor network.
 
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