Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

UK IP Chief Wants ISPs To Police Piracy Proactively

Posted by Soulskill on from the he-believes-in-intellectual-property dept.

An anonymous reader sends this report from TorrentFreak: The UK's top IP advisor has published recommendations on how Internet service providers should deal with online piracy. Among other things, he suggested that Internet services should search for and filter infringing content proactively. According to the report, ISPs have a moral obligation to do more against online piracy. Mike Weatherley, a Conservative MP and Intellectual Property Adviser to UK Prime Minister David Cameron, has pushed various copyright related topics onto the political agenda since early last year. Previously Weatherley suggested that search engines should blacklist pirate sites, kids should be educated on copyright ethics, and that persistent file-sharers should be thrown in jail.

3 of 87 comments (clear)

  1. And I want to punch this twit in the face. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I mean... as long as "want" goes!

  2. MediaDefender by thegarbz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yep I fully agree. I hope they start knocking off all sorts of legitimate media as a result because how the hell are they supposed to identify is any specific website hosting content actually owns that IP? What with thousands of publishers owning the IP rights to billions of pieces of media who knows if Sony has the right to distribute a video they are showing on their own website? Heck streaming a football match on ESPN isn't even certain. Maybe there's a dispute in the background and they don't own the IP there either.

    I saw we block everything, starting with all the media companies. Man that would make the internet far more pleasant.

  3. Re:Seeing as UK police do little else by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They need to do something. Local bobby on the beat? Gone. Investigate burglaries, assault, vandalism, all on camera - no chance. How about going after someone that said something naughty on twitter, yes, they'll do that. Terrorists out in the open, hate crimes from muslim groups, no fucking chance. They're so lazy today they don't even bother with speed camera behind bus stops.

    Anyone visiting from another country would wonder whether the nation has a police force. They gobble up plenty of money, but what they do for it is anyone's guess.

    It's so true. Basically reporting any crime that isn't worthy will get a default response of "we'll check the cameras and let you know", which is code for "fuck off, you annoying pleb".

    There is an upside to the lack of police on the beat though, at least you're much less likely to be beaten to death by cops in the UK than in the US.