Live in the UK and downloading ?? Well no internet for you

[R'as al Ghul]

E-mail the source?

"Hey, do you still have a protection on (insert downloadable material)?"
"Why (yes/no) sir and/or madam, proceed as you must about this matter."

I'm not saying there's profit in this, but it is possible. Excruciating, but possible.

So, anytime a user wants to download an audio or video file or a pdf/ebook either his download is suspended:
Please wait while the content industry approves and verifies your download. Time left:200 days.
or a copy is made by the ISP and sent to the industry to check if an infringement did happen? Please explain how you think this could work.

The idea is to add some kind of code "tag" to the media which is then detected by some kind of automatic filtering system. Not sure what this means for legitimate digital distribution though.

The tag idea can't work either. You'd need to check all untagged media against a database including all tagged media. And btw it's not as if the files in question can only be distributed with names and file endings that make sense. A file can be anything. What about archives, encrypted archives, etc?

It seems to me as if this proposal is an outsourced brainstorming. Just come up with a half-baked theory and see if it passes slashdot.

[HoreTore]

That law wouldn't work here, where it's completely legal to download whatever you want to.

[Ronin]

this is such a dumb idea that I kinda hope they go ahead with it so that I can laugh as they fall on their face trying

[CountArach]

Is porn copyrighted?

[TB666]

Is porn copyrighted?

Yes but the porno industry don't sue their fans.

[CrossLOPER]

So, anytime a user wants to download an audio or video file or a pdf/ebook either his download is suspended:
Please wait while the content industry approves and verifies your download. Time left:200 days.
or a copy is made by the ISP and sent to the industry to check if an infringement did happen? Please explain how you think this could work.

OMG DID YOU MISS WHERE I SAID IT WOULD BE A PAIN IN THE ASS TO DO???

[R'as al Ghul]

OMG DID YOU MISS WHERE I SAID IT WOULD BE A PAIN IN THE ASS TO DO???

Did you miss where I said it's not possible?
I did not miss that you think it would be excruciating, but I did miss where you explain how it's possible at all.
Unless you mean "E-mail the source", which is nonsense as I told you.
But since you shout you must be right.

[Mikeus Caesar]

Did you miss where I said it's not possible?
I did not miss that you think it would be excruciating, but I did miss where you explain how it's possible at all.
Unless you mean "E-mail the source", which is nonsense as I told you.
But since you shout you must be right.

SHOUTING MAKES EVERYTHING RIGHT.

BUSH IS A GOOD LEADER.

THE SKY IS YELLOW.

THIS IS FUNNY.

ETC. ETC.

[Slyspy]

Did you miss where I said it's not possible?
I did not miss that you think it would be excruciating, but I did miss where you explain how it's possible at all.
Unless you mean "E-mail the source", which is nonsense as I told you.
But since you shout you must be right.

Bet you anything that it is possible. But possible is not the same as effective or desirable. Pape has the right of it.

[Caius]

Impossible is nothing

They have to ban p2p sharing networks, and everything will be right. No more anything of anything.

[R'as al Ghul]

Bet you anything that it is possible. But possible is not the same as effective or desirable. Pape has the right of it.

I agree, I should've said feasible. Nothing is impossible of course.
It's just that if they want to filter they're basically throttling all traffic to lower speeds. Filtering and checking against a database takes time. Since they're not only routing GB but international traffic it can pose a huge problem when the nodes in GB slow down all packets. Also, the ISP's are not in favour of this proposal at all because it opens the ISP's to liability for all data transfer.