The final version of the proposed
“three strikes” anti-piracy code for Australian internet service providers
(ISPs) has been published recently. Under the Copyright Notice Scheme code (PDF), residential Internet users that are
found pirating content will be subject to a series of "escalating"
warning notices from rights holders, sent via ISPs. The notices will warn users
that they are infringing copyright, and that they will face legal action if
they get three strikes recorded against their IP address -- that is, if they
receive an Education, Warning and Final notice -- within a 12 month period. If
a user gets three warning letters, or "strikes", in a 12-month
period, ISPs will help copyright owners identify them for potential legal
action after a hearing in a prescribed court. Up to 200,000 notices can be
processed and sent each year. An industry code has to be in place by January 1
Over the past few months, thousands of Canadians have received ‘PiracyNotices’ in their mailbox asking for cash settlements. The new law aims to reduce piracy in Canada, but it seems Canadians are not ready to give up on their habits. After paying no attention to hundreds of notices from anti-piracy group named Rightscorp, the users are now sued over sharing the 20+ year-old music albums.
French government agencies sent out over 5 million warnings to alleged pirates. 169 Internet users were referred to the public prosecutor in the first half of 2015, which is 4 times for than in the same period last year
Such regimes are used in many countries and are commonly known as “three-strikes”. However, they are promoted as educational in nature, because suspected pirates just receive notifications of breach, which are meant to discourage further infringing behavior.
To prevent their IP-addresses from being visible to the rest of the Internet, millions of people have signed up to a VPN service. Using a VPN allows users to use the Internet anonymously and prevent your ISP from tracking your online activity. The best VPN services don’t log any traffic nor session data of any kind. Besides, 100% anonymous VPN should accept payments via anonymous payment methods like Bitcoin.
Over the past few months, thousands of Canadians have received ‘PiracyNotices’ in their mailbox asking for cash settlements. The new law aims to reduce piracy in Canada, but it seems Canadians are not ready to give up on their habits. After paying no attention to hundreds of notices from anti-piracy group named Rightscorp, the users are now sued over sharing the 20+ year-old music albums.
French government agencies sent out over 5 million warnings to alleged pirates. 169 Internet users were referred to the public prosecutor in the first half of 2015, which is 4 times for than in the same period last year
Such regimes are used in many countries and are commonly known as “three-strikes”. However, they are promoted as educational in nature, because suspected pirates just receive notifications of breach, which are meant to discourage further infringing behavior.
To prevent their IP-addresses from being visible to the rest of the Internet, millions of people have signed up to a VPN service. Using a VPN allows users to use the Internet anonymously and prevent your ISP from tracking your online activity. The best VPN services don’t log any traffic nor session data of any kind. Besides, 100% anonymous VPN should accept payments via anonymous payment methods like Bitcoin.
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