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Aussie ISP Scans Downloads For Copyright Violation

Posted by Hemos on from the your-data-is-not-safe dept.

Steve Nakhla writes: "According to this article, Excite@Home has begun snooping users' downloads in order to find copyrighted or pirated material. Violators have their access cut off. As an Excite@home user, this alarms me. What exactly is their definition of copyrighted? Doesn't the New York Times copyright their online articles? Can I not view them any more for fear of violating Excite's policies?"

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  1. This post is copyrighted. by exi7 · · Score: 3, Funny
    Therefore, by reading it, you will be arrested. Expect your service to be terminated any second now.



    (c) exi7, 2001. All rights reserved.

  2. That means they'll pay people by SpanishInquisition · · Score: 5, Funny

    to watch the porn we download.

    I want one of these jobs.

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  3. access cut off?? by canning · · Score: 3, Funny
    Why don't the Aussie's just give the guilty parties the boot? I saw it on T.V. once, it seemed to work.

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  4. *FWOOSH* by Psarchasm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hear that? Thats the sound of a giant toilet flushing your privacy down the drain (counter-clockwise).

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