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Originally posted by [profile] delaese at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
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Originally posted by [personal profile] mangacat201

All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
Seriously. WHAT THE FLYING FUCK WORLD.

"File-sharers, beware: By July 12, major US Internet service providers (ISPs) will voluntarily begin serving as copyright police for the entertainment industry, according to Cary Sherman, chief executive of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The so-called “six-strikes” plan is said to be one of the most effective anti-piracy efforts ever established in the US."

The article goes on to give details. After six notices, internet providers will decide to throttle a person's internet speed, or cut it off altogether. I don't know if they will crack down on torrents only, or if it is up to the internet provider. I get the sense it is up to the internet provider. So some people could get away with downloading non torrents, while others might get their internet service cut off. I urge you to click it and read, as we all know people who download.

No more downloading eps of your favorite shows for vidding, gifs, or fanfiction art. No more downloading screencaps possibly. I'm so sorry my friends. I don't even know if BT Guard will work to protect you, but I would google it if I were you. It is a professional service that supposedly can protect you from the invasive eyes of your internet provider.

Just, my friends, please make each other aware. Please be aware of the date JULY 12TH. Mark your calendar and double check with your internet provider by then. If you start receiving notices of downloaded activity, this is why. And your internet service could be throttled or cut off.

Fox News confirms this:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/201…

Youtube video explaining this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5…



ETA: Petition for RIAA and the Obama Administration: Stop ISPs from launching a massive copyright spying scheme this July 12th
Soldier since the day I was born

Today, we fight for the Internet.

On this eighteenth day of the month of January in the year of two thousand and eleven After Common Era, we fight for the greatest enabler of free communication the world has ever known.

I would not know many of my greatest friends without it, nor have kept in close contact with others who may have moved away. The internet is an asset and a tool.

Therefore, we cannot allow it to be abused and crippled by those who fear losing thousands of dollars among the billions they make per year, among those-- appropriately, capslocked by many-- NINETY-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS donated to buy the votes of our congressmen, many of whom have demonstrated that they have only the faintest grasp of how the internet works. We cannot allow it to be destroyed by these people.

Fandom would be a burning wreckage, the remnants gathering in secret places and hoping against hope that no trolls find us.

It is a clumsy, misguided thing.

We can only hope that it passes not. That the efforts of the little sites and the big names-- Wikipedia, Reddit, the others-- are effective.

What I can tell you is that if it does pass, I will be even less inclined to give my money to those who wrecked the home of some of my greatest joys... for what comparatively is a few coins in their pocket.