Report: UK Government Plans Major Crackdown on File Sharing

Ah, Mandelson, Roger Moore eyebrows and a face like a lemon sepository...

For those that only read the summary and didn't bother to read the original article there is no plan to Outlaw p2p.

The fines and restrictions mentioned were only in reference to people who use p2p for illegal activities.

In a society where the most dangerous criminals on the internet are those who try to hack into people's accounts and wireless internet connection decices. Steak their passwords/private information/bank details and steal all their money. (Cyber Criminals I think they are called)

And yet the Governments of the world want to crack down on P2P file sharing, porn, violent videogames because they consider those things in the internet more harmful than the former...I think some governments don't really fully understand what they SHOULD and SHOULD NOT worry about on the internet.

Or maybe because the governments of the world don't wan't to target the Cyber Criminals all because they are too hard to catch, yet they pick on innocent people who just happen to be into P2P, porn or Violent Videogames...it seems to me that the Government like the UK and the Australian Governments need to focus more on the important issues online and not on wastefull things like trying to make something so unique to the internet into something illegal.

It is a sad world we live in when people in power don't have a clue in what they are messing with.

This won't end well. As said, there are no guarantees that this will help the decaying business models by eliminating a distribution channel. It just drives it underground....

Actually, outlawing P2P would outlaw a good bunch of games too, not only those that use P2P in a obvious manner (like Taikodom wher you download the official installer using torrent), but also ones that use P2P for updates (WoW) or some that use P2P technology in its multiplayer or some other misc stuff...

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Nice Santa Claus robe and black ribbon... thing.

I get why you want to punish people for breaking the law.  They're breaking the law.  What I still don't understand is why the hell you would charge such an insane amount of money for it.  The average person isn't going to be able to pay such a stupid fee, and they know it, but people aren't going to stop file sharing either.  People are fined less for reckless driving for Pete's sake-and those people put other people's LIVES at risk.  P2P does no such thing.

And P2P doesn't automatically mean they're sharing copyrighted files, yes that's what most people do, I won't say otherwise, but to punish everyone who uses P2P, just because it's P2P, is stupid.

Thank you, Tom Watson, for being able to think rationally.

Finally, no offense to anyone in the UK, but Lord Mandelson's bow (tied onto his tie!?) made me giggle.

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Not surprising after Mandelson has been wined and dined on a yacht paid for by the Dreamworks CEO. Mandelson it should be noted receives a lot of presents from wealthy men and out of coincidence suddenly the government decides to bring in favourable policies. BTW for people who don't know Mandelson is in charge of the UK.

Two weeks ago Mandelson had dinner with Coloner Gadaffi's son, two weeks later the only man to be convicted of the Lockerbie bombings is to be released. Coincidence?

Huh... This will result in shit.

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