June 3, 2009

Movie industry wants broadband speed restrictions

The media industry that is made of music, film, games and software firms in the UK are looking at new ways to stop file sharers from illegally downloading their copyrighted material.

There have been calls to kick these pirates of the internet or to fine them, but these schemes would appear to attack the wrong people.

The new idea being talked about is speed restrictions, the industry say that those file sharers who have been warned about their online activities could have the broadband speed restricted and thus make downloading big files a chore.

However, these methods of prevention can easily be bypassed by a determined file sharer. The answer is in the hands of the industry itself, if only they embraced the new technology in front of them, then maybe file sharing could become a money spinner for them.

Source [Torrent Freak]