Net Firms in Music Pirates Deal | Thread profile

Quote: Originally Posted by absent Is this actually going to be DPI though? Sounds to me more like they've just agreed to do what they're really doing already, BPI or whoever monitoring torrent trackers then ISPs linking the IP to users to enable the sending out of letters. Doing packet inspection checks against some vast database of all music, film and TV is another thing altogether. Quote: Originally Posted by Agrajag Collecting...

Quote: Originally Posted by Unregistered Haven't the EU 'urged' the UK to look at Phorm and the BT trials? They have but with the ostrich mode the government is in and the way they have passed protesters about, the way British Telecom failed to answer shareholders on questions about phorm which I add British Telecom never told shareholders about Phorm/Webwise at all. Seems BT was trying to keep phorm under wraps so it would be...

I wonder whether the record companies will really be satisfied with this in the long term or if they'll be back demanding more draconian measures in the future ? Is this the thin end of the wedge ?

Quote: Originally Posted by Unregistered To do this you need technology called "Deep Packet Inspection" where the ISP looks very closely at what you are doing then takes an action based on what it 'sees' Collecting data for advertising is one thing, but to invade a persons privacy by inspecting the actual data is almost certainly illegal under the Data Protection Act and the Interception of Communications Act 1985.

Put together everything I could find on this so far here: http://www.ispreview.co.uk/news/EkEyllVyFZTPzPqlzK.html Waiting for the official details now.. There's some debate over whether The Carphone Warehouse will be a part of it or not, most say they will but at least one source I know has claimed otherwise.

Quote: Originally Posted by Unregistered To do this you need technology called "Deep Packet Inspection" where the ISP looks very closely at what you are doing then takes an action based on what it 'sees' Sound like Phorm at all ....... ?? Is this actually going to be DPI though? Sounds to me more like they've just agreed to do what they're really doing already, BPI or whoever monitoring torrent trackers...

I noticed this article this morning over at Yahoo. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20...n-6323e80.html Their article emphasised music and all types of files. For those of us who like to sample and share files before buying, and who are already with one of the 'Big Six', or their subsidiaries, what are the alternatives if we want to continue sharing?

...small fee, these record companies wont charge a small fee we are walking wallets to them.