ISP's to Start Policing Copyrights by July 1st...

Are they just going to be keeping an eye out for just streamed data and downloaded music/video/etc. that's been pirated or does this mean they'll go so far as to violate things like the Fair Use Act which allows stuff like Pokebeach to exist? By the sound of it, it'd just be the first and I'd actually be in support of that. The only foreseeable problem with this is that the ISPs may mistakenly attack legitimate costumers who are online to buy/download stuff legally. If they start to do that, they're going to get a lot of backlash, which is why I don't think they're going to keep at this for very long once they start trying to do it.
 
Well, given this paragraph here, they'll be checking for downloads:
The program, commonly referred to as "graduated response," requires that ISPs send out one or two educational notices to those customers who are accused of downloading copyrighted content illegally. If the customer doesn't stop, the ISP is then asked to send out "confirmation notices" asking that they confirm they have received notice.
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Pros: It's not the bloody government doing this. For this plan to work, you need most of the ISPs to really band together
Con: ISPs definitely have the tools to implement this.

It's really too early to tell, but if all they're doing is monitoring the data streams and assigning warnings/banning people for downloading illegal content, and not rerouting traffic as they claim, I'm actually okay with this.
 
They'll fish the web on a massive scale and punish people for copyrighted material sharing , but they won't fish the web for people who are abusing children in the same way?
 
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