8 Apr
2010
8 Apr
'10
1:19 p.m.
Hi Ander,
On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 03:46:14PM +0300, Ander Punnar wrote:
I don't live in UK and I maybe want to stream BBC
web streams over ssh.
It was illegal before the law (te-hee),
(using BitFolk services for things that aren't allowed under UK law
has always been against the terms and conditions of the service, of
course)
but now, according to the law, "ISPs that fail to
apply technical
measures against subscribers can be fined up to £250,000".
That's not the real text of the bill, that's just a journalistic
interpretation of it.
So, what now? BitFolk will start to monitor traffic
and when certain clients
try to access BBC web streams, then they will get very angry letter saying
that they have been naughty?
Or, I'm exaggerating?
I don't think anyone knows quite yet exactly how it's going to work
in practice (least of all the minority of MPs who have voted it
in...).
There are some questions about what exactly the Digital Economy Bill
will obligate service providers to log, what the procedure should be
when there's a complaint, and who bears the responsibility for
investigating such complaints.
As we're potentially about to get a new government it's all a bit up
in the air, but I'm working with some UK ISP industry groups to get
answers to these questions. I will have more info for you as soon as
I can.
In the mean time I am going to clarify the data protection stance to
state that no customer details will be provided apart from under a
court order or warrant.
The Digital Economy Bill does seem to get around the need for
complainants to prove anything or obtain a court order, though.
Cheers,
Andy
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