Should your Internet be disconnected based on accusations of copyright infringement without a trial and without any evidence ?
Is Internet access is a basic human right?
Former New Zealand Labour MP Judith Tizard said:
It is easier for ISPs, Internet Service Providers, to cut off anyone who might be breaking the law.
According to Section 92a and 92c of the Copyright Act coming into law on the 28th of February, a "copyright holder" can get you kicked off an ISP without having to provide any evidence of an actual infringement.
"Integrity" and "integer" both contain a Latin root meaning "whole; complete." The root sense, then, is that people may be said to be acting with integrity when their beliefs, words, and actions have a sense of unity or wholeness.
And what happens if you actually own an original of the music that you are getting off a torrent, or book. I have cds that cannot be used in a cd drive because sony lost the plot a few years back.
unfortunately, the right to privacy does not exist online.
I consider internet access to be a service rather than a right. It's not (yet) a necessity.
Isn't an internet subscription a legal contract between a service provider and a client. If so, the provider would need a very good reason to block a client, or they would get sued. I don't think an alleged copyright infringement would be good enough.
Just my thoughts on the matter
Three Sheets Dutong: That stuff tastes like vomit baked in a glaze of goat hair and garnished with a sprinkling of horse dung.
endev8003 wrote:I consider internet access to be a service rather than a right. It's not (yet) a necessity.
Isn't an internet subscription a legal contract between a service provider and a client. If so, the provider would need a very good reason to block a client, or they would get sued. I don't think an alleged copyright infringement would be good enough.
Just my thoughts on the matter
Most service providers include clauses that a)they don't guarantee your connection and that b)they may terminate it for any reason they see fit.
MOOD - Thirsty
A surprising amount of modern pseudoscience is coming out of the environmental sector. Perhaps it should not be so surprising given that environmentalism is political rather than scientific.
Timothy Casey
endev8003 wrote:I consider internet access to be a service rather than a right. It's not (yet) a necessity.
/points accusing finger of doom ..."Draconian !!!"
What do you mean with ..."a service"... pfft.
It is paff's with a mindset like your's that is running ICASA.
To the gallows I say... TO THE GALLOWS !!!
The ISPs are being strong armed (mainly) by the RIAA/MPAA and crew. The copyright holders are threatening to sue the ISPs for facilitating illegal file sharing. The solution? Just use encryption, they won't be able to see what you're doing. I predict that encryption will become much more prevalent in the future.
