You lost all credibility in your first paragraph. After that it was just blah, blah, blah. No one can take you seriously.

What everyone is missing is that a side effect of this bill is the ability for companies to steal the artworks off the amateur artists, photographers and designers.
This bill will destroy the uk and make is a very sad place to live.

Hey you wanna pirate, go to jail.

@ross I'm afraid you don't quite get how bittorrent works.
Or what VPN means, a https session isn't the same as VPN.

Pirate Bay offer a VPN solution that will encrypt your traffic through a https session. Let's see the right holders get the right IP for them downloads ;)

Once this becomes enforced, I'd like to see some copyright infringement notices handed down against the IP addresses of (for example) the BPI, EMI, Warner music etc.

These don't seem to need to be based on any fact or reality, merely an accusation is enough.

Once they lose their internet connection, (and email, VPN access etc) even for just a while they may see the error of their ways. of course by then it'll be too late, but one will have to laugh at the irony of a company hoisted on their on petard in this manner.

Furthermore, I can see quite a cottage industry developing around the creation of infringement notices for companies or political groups that are disliked. Angry with <insert / ? organise a Facebook group with 40 of your friends and BAM, that company / group loses its internet connection.

Fun times ahead :-)

Great publicity for the pirate party in the upcoming elections.

Good to know also that any tourist going to the UK won't be able to connect to the internet (if the liability clause is still there).

And of course even if successful (and I doubt it) the traffic of burned CDs/DVDs/flash drives/etc will continue.
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As for the b@$tards in the music industry, they pay cents per CD/track sold and that only if they got their initial cut already. Protecting the so-called music industry does not protect musicians whatsoever, anywhere, never has and never will, and with some luck most musicians will publish themselves and cut the leeches in the middle.

Billy Bragg got it right when he highlighted the difference between the record industry and the music industry. Bringing on Louise Walsh exemplified that!

Hope you don't mind us putting in a blatent plug for our music video "Home Taping Is Killing Music" too. Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3jkUhG68wY

I really couldn't care a toss about this one way or the other. I don't mind buying proper music but what I object to is indifferent musicians getting paid in any copyright sort of way from crap stuff pushed out in public places under a license paid for by anyone who thinks they might be doing it in my name. I hate the shit I am confronted with in my local shopping centre and would welcome a few pence reduction on the goods and SILENCE. Thank You!!

Legitimate Studio Theatre gets paid by counting plays, something easy in Digital World. Over RED Cent per viewer, play, sale & Transmission. Only catch, has to be viewer.

Warners, Marnie & Laurie & Thomas Stewart, Warner Sisters founding Warner Sisters LaurieMar, tracks every itme thru movie ads & radio data collected by government. Own Bank Pays Off.

In Porn, say King Faud or oferrel group, NO PORN IS Copyrightable. Steal Monies from dumb public, except NOONE wants anything to do with creeps. Kill Own Actresses, So much for Saddle Shoes. Faud in little storefront on lankershim near saticoy, people walk to other side of street situation so bad. already commented about oferrel few weeks past, good way to hit entertainment murder crowd as theBEAST.

Not Legal to pay for Porn, so much for SAG pay, Just Live there.

Once again ner 'd wells are trying to corrupt & forestall legitimate ARTS.

Artis Gratis.