Online piracy punishments dropped in UK

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It looks like now in a new UK scheme, people caught unlawfully file-sharing video games, music and movies will be educated rather than punished. A very bold move.

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Read more on the UK's new online Piracy measures here
 
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There is not much that can be done really to stop people from pirating software or something with entertainment value.

I know it's wrong and so does everyone else, but it still doesn't stop people from doing it, even with the threats of fines or a stint in prison it still didn't stop people.

I don't buy albums anymore since most of the times you can find them on services such as, Spotify and if they don't have the type of music you want then there is always DI.FM.

With phones and cars having bluetooth, cars have audio input jack's and usb ports you can always stream the music from places, where they pay for a subscription.

I paid in November last year £35 for a years subscription to DI.FM, and I have not bought a single album for the last year thanks to Spotify and DI.FM.

If I was to buy the albums that I can stream it would cost in the region of £300-£1000, but I can pay for a £35 subscription for one service and what ever Spotify is, since I get that free at the moment and save myself a small fortune.

Film's are the same why should I buy a blu-ray or dvd when I can use services such as netflix, yes films get pirated when the films are at the cinemas but that would be easy to stop, but they just won't do it.

As for other stuff being pirated, there are ways to try and stop it but they will never fully stop it people, will always find a way.
 
Film's are the same why should I buy a blu-ray or dvd when I can use services such as netflix, yes films get pirated when the films are at the cinemas but that would be easy to stop, but they just won't do it.

As for other stuff being pirated, there are ways to try and stop it but they will never fully stop it people, will always find a way.

They did try stopping films being pirated but it was just got around, though you don't see so many good quality films that aren't taken after the film is released on dvd now

As for games SimCity wasn't pirated while they had it online only, and maybe that is the only way you could stop games being pirated. but look at the outcry because of it being online only.

I like the " cut off for persistent pirates, This policy was not taken into affect due to severe technical limitations" companies would lose money in other words. Though just walking around with my phones Wi-Fi shows a lot of open connections so a laptop is all you would need tbh
 
They did try stopping films being pirated but it was just got around, though you don't see so many good quality films that aren't taken after the film is released on dvd now

As for games SimCity wasn't pirated while they had it online only, and maybe that is the only way you could stop games being pirated. but look at the outcry because of it being online only.

I like the " cut off for persistent pirates, This policy was not taken into affect due to severe technical limitations" companies would lose money in other words. Though just walking around with my phones Wi-Fi shows a lot of open connections so a laptop is all you would need tbh


The easiest way to stop films from being recorded at cinemas is simply a search of each person going in, and phones not being allowed to be taken in but they will never be able to do that I would think.

The games where they are online only may be one way but that just means people with internet that is only mobile based, could be in abit of trouble but yes the outcry against it would be imense.

The cut of someones connection though will be a issue not, because of the money that they could loose but actually proving that the person who pays for the connection was the one who was pirating the content.

If someone has a poor wireless password and someone was parked outside the house, or the neighbour was able to crack the password then they could download and the person paying for the connection may never have known, it was going on till someone turned up or a letter turned up.

The other thing is that someone could download on a machine and then take that, machine to somewhere else and the people doing the investigation may never no.
 
Some of the Wi-Fi connections around me don't even have passwords and it seems to be a particular companies installation's, so I don't know if they are installed that way and people don't know not everybody is tech savvy
 
I think the majority know the options there are, trouble is some are to expensive!

The only thing I download is WWE because after a year of paying £100 a month on a Sky package just to watch that is stupid. If they just let me have sports without all the other garbage they'd be having some money from me as opposed to none.
 
I really think there should be more serious punishments for piracy. Its basically theft and all people get is some education. Its just too easy to pirate stuff these days. People even pirate minecraft when they could easily spend like 20 pounds and have it legit.
 
Wow, Ive never seen the full version of that. Though you should get someone at you door for piracy! :D

A young lass in the block across from me had her door knocked in by the rozzers in the early hours for piracy, the amount of copy towers, printers, laminators and cake tins of blank disks they removed was mind blowing.. she eventually received a 6 month suspended sentence and a £120,000 fine.
 
A young lass in the block across from me had her door knocked in by the rozzers in the early hours for piracy, the amount of copy towers, printers, laminators and cake tins of blank disks they removed was mind blowing.. she eventually received a 6 month suspended sentence and a £120,000 fine.

Good to hear, but I guess thats not going to happen any more with these new laws.
 
Not to sure on that, I think real prolific pirates will still feel the long arm of the law. Downloading to watch and downloading to mass produce and profit from are 2 very different things.
 
I have downloaded games more inline to try b4 you buy as games now are to expensive to buy then find they aren't what you thought and game developers don't do many demo's these days
 
I have downloaded games more inline to try b4 you buy as games now are to expensive to buy then find they aren't what you thought and game developers don't do many demo's these days

Would you steal a car, only to return it? No you wouldnt. I dont think its right to "try" games, especially if you dont buy them after.
 
Would you steal a car, only to return it? No you wouldnt. I dont think its right to "try" games, especially if you dont buy them after.

No but if you buy a car you can sell it on.

If you buy a pc game and play it, you're stuck with it these days. literally no-where gives refunds after x period of time, (while I know EA give some, it's not enough)

Also a game isn't a physical thing, it's digital copy of another digital copy, not a physical item in the traditional sense. (yes i'm fully aware of the attached shit that comes with saying that, I write software so don't start)
 
No but if you buy a car you can sell it on.

If you buy a pc game and play it, you're stuck with it these days. literally no-where gives refunds after x period of time, (while I know EA give some, it's not enough)

Also a game isn't a physical thing, it's digital copy of another digital copy, not a physical item in the traditional sense. (yes i'm fully aware of the attached shit that comes with saying that, I write software so don't start)

Why should it matter if its physical or digital? Both items take money and time to create.
 
I have downloaded games more inline to try b4 you buy as games now are to expensive to buy then find they aren't what you thought and game developers don't do many demo's these days

Just no, even if a developer does not provide a demo there are always reviews and youtube play throughs. Simply no excuse any more for Piracy.
 
Would you steal a car, only to return it? No you wouldnt. I dont think its right to "try" games, especially if you dont buy them after.

Before you buy a car you can take it for a test drive (demo).
EU 4 had a demo I tried it enjoyed it got the game and dlc so maybe developers should do like they did in the past and release demo's

P.S If I stole a car and then returned it the owner would probably be happier than if I burnt it out :) just a thought
 
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