In March 2013, the countries top Internet Service Providers started this program to deter illegal downloading and encourage offenders to become law-abiding. The Six Strike Rule works as a series of messages:
First two: Educational messages to letting them know that their account has been used for illegal downloads.
Next two: Strongly worded messages with pop-ups that must be acknowledged before continuing to use the internet
Last two: ISPs will do things such as slowing a user's connection down to make downloading harder.
It's not clear what will happen if you reach the sixth warning and the nature of the punishment. The users will not be fully cut off from the internet and they can work their way around the system by changing or masking their addresses. The real goal of the new system is to inform users that internet piracy is unlawful and wrong. Last year their was a proposed Anti-Piracy Law that would have given regulators the power to shut off websites but it was turned down.
I believe that the Six Strike Rule is a strong program that is somewhat beneficial. I think it will deter many from continuing to illegal download files because they will fear that they will be caught. The users that it will not impact will be the users that know the laws and anti-piracy programs and know the way around them.
What is your stance on the Six Strike Rule? Do you believe it is beneficial or not?
Here is the link to the full article from The Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323978104578334272714999326
The Six Strike Rule can be very beneficial in helping to protect intellectual property if there wasn't so many users. Millions of people access the internet 24/7 and I feel it would be impossible to keep up with every download made by users. Will a certain amount be allowed before a strike is given? At what point will the proper authorities be involved? There's a lot to take account for with this new policy just waiting to see how it plays out.
ReplyDeleteThe way they are tracking your peer-to-peer sharing on the internet is by your IP Address. The Six Strike rule is more of a guideline that the Internet Providers have agreed to go off of. I have not found any information on if there is a set number before a strike is given. I believe it is more so if they are a frequent downloader and come up on the Internet Providers radar. This new rule is set up more to educate people pirating, than to punish them.
ReplyDeleteThe topic of piracy has been an issue throughout nations worldwide for long decades. However, both sides of the equation must be understood in order to judge objectively. On one hand, the majority of people possess knowledge that piracy is unlawful and obviously wrong. In fact, many organizations including Internet providers have taken the initiative to create awareness of the illegal damage caused by these activities. On the other hand, big companies such as Adobe, Windows, and Norton are taking advantage of the fact that such activities are illegal, hence are overpricing their products. For example, Adobe CS6 Standard Student and Teacher Edition is around $400. Why would somebody spend that amount of money if they can get it free of charge? Buying the product for $400 makes you worse off if you take in consideration that hackers can steal your serial code and sell it for a few bucks. Moreover, downloading software, music, and books from the Internet is more practical requiring little to no effort, which makes this option more attractive to the general public. I think using someone else’s property rights is completely wrong, but at the same time, many companies are exploiting consumers by overpricing. The Six Strike Rule can be beneficial in some way to avoid piracy, but I think regulations should be somewhat more severe if governments really want to stop piracy. Furthermore, I am deeply doubtful about the effectiveness of this program, as I don’t believe hackers would stop downloading information from the Web if a windows pops up saying that what they are doing is wrong.
ReplyDeleteI always found this to be a very sensitive matter when dealing with papers I write for class. I was wondering if I copy and paste someones work but I change about 90% of the words into my own, Would that still be considered piracy?
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