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Hollywood Wants Hosting Providers To Block Referral Traffic From Pirate Sites (torrentfreak.com)
The US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator is working hard to update his copyright enforcement plans. In a written submission, Hollywood's MPAA shared a few notable ideas. The group calls for more cooperation from Internet services, including hosting providers, who should filter infringing content and block referral traffic from pirate sites, among other things. From a report: Besides processing takedown notices and terminating repeat infringers, as they are required to do by law, the MPAA also wants hosting companies to use automated piracy filters on their servers. "Hosting providers should filter using automated content recognition technology; forward DMCA notices to users, terminate repeat infringers after receipt of a reasonable number of notices, and prevent re-registration by terminated users," the MPAA suggests.
In addition, hosting providers should not challenge suspension court orders, when copyright holders go up against pirate sites. Going a step further, hosts should keep an eye on high traffic volumes which may be infringing, and ban referral traffic from pirate sites outright. The MPAA wants these companies to "implement download bandwidth or frequency limitations to prevent high volume traffic for particular files" to "remove files expeditiously" and "block referral traffic from known piracy sites."
In addition, hosting providers should not challenge suspension court orders, when copyright holders go up against pirate sites. Going a step further, hosts should keep an eye on high traffic volumes which may be infringing, and ban referral traffic from pirate sites outright. The MPAA wants these companies to "implement download bandwidth or frequency limitations to prevent high volume traffic for particular files" to "remove files expeditiously" and "block referral traffic from known piracy sites."
And they want a pony too.
Make Pirates Ruthless Killers Again!
Corruption is convincing someone that the selfless ideal is the same as their selfish ideal.
Uh...Yes. Duh! ;) Haven't you ever seen the movie "The Apple"?
If you haven't, then go to your local video store...oh, the only Blockbuster closed?
Okay, then go to some online store to buy it...damn, too obscure and out of stock?
Hmmm...okay, go to The Apple Store and download "The Apple". Search for: Company controlling content.
Damn, first 1,000 listings are about The Apple Store itself.
*heavy sigh* *whispering* "Fine, here's the damn link. But I'm only doing this once!"...
Care killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.