UK Says ‘No’ To Disconnecting File-Sharers, Sort Of
Posted on: February 23, 2010In November 2009, details finally became public concerning the UK Digital Economy Bill, which aimed to turn elements of Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report into law.
Part of the proposals indicated that Internet users would face being monitored by the music and movie industries. Their ISPs would then be required to pass on copyright infringement notices based on evidence supplied by anti-piracy tracking companies.
If file-sharing wasn't reduced by 70% in 2 years using these ‘educational' measures, alleged persistent infringers faced the ultimate sanction of being disconnected from the Internet.
The proposals were met with massive opposition, with ISP TalkTalk going as far as threatening legal action over what it says amounts to a breach of human rights.
Adding to the pressure, a petition against the proposals was launched on the Number 10 website demanding;
“We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to abandon Lord Mandelson’s plans to ban individuals from the internet based on their use of ‘peer to peer’ file sharing.”
The Government has now responded, and for TalkTalk and the countless others who share their views, on the surface it seems like good news, but a closer look reveals a somewhat disappointing result.
In its response the Government says that it wants as many citizens as possible to enjoy the benefits of the Internet and recognizes that technology has changed the way people access media content, in some cases “faster than products and services commercially on offer have developed” – an apparent reference to the superior accessibility of unauthorized downloads.
The Government goes on to say that they take the interests of artists and creators very seriously and have been working hard to find solutions to online copyright infringement. Nevertheless, they will not require ISPs to monitor their users to detect infringements and downloaders will be pretty safe, as is the case now, with detection being focused on those who upload material without permission.
On potential disconnections for persistent file-sharers – the key issue for many – the Government goes on to say:
“We will not terminate the accounts of infringers – it is very hard to see how this could be deemed proportionate except in the most extreme – and therefore probably criminal – cases.”
What categorizes an infringement as ‘criminal' is open to interpretation, but is likely to mean very large-scale infringement, infringement for profit, or both. So good news then? Well, not quite.
Despite throwing out absolute permanent disconnections as a measure against file-sharers, the Government is still considering other ‘technical' solutions if the ISP warnings aren't effective including “band width restriction, a daily downloading limit or, as a last resort, temporary account suspension.”
So we're back to disconnections again. In terms of time, ‘temporary' is not defined. Of course, anything less than ‘permanent' fits the wording. A day? A month? A year?
Another part of the response which has been mentioned several times before and still remains puzzling is this section:
“In the cases of the most serious infringers, if a rights holder obtains a court order, the ISP would have to provide information so that the rights holder can take targeted court action.”
As anyone who has followed the activities of Davenport Lyons and ACS:Law will tell you, the personal details of anyone alleged to have shared a single file can easily be obtained by rightsholders.
Sadly, despite the headline-grabbing statements, it seems that little has changed with this response from the Government.
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Posted on: October 07, 2009Lime wire is one of the most popular BitTorrent clients used to share large files across the peer to peer network especially media files like audio and video files. This application is written in Java programming language and runs on any computer that has Java Virtual Machine installed. Hence, it is platform independent and runs on Windows, MAC, Linux or any other OS that supports JVM.
Lime wire was launched in the year 2000. It has gained popularity among the P2P users mainly because of simple user interface and ease of use. In addition, it uses Gnutella network to locate and share files. There are two versions available- one is free and other paid version. The paid version has some enhanced features and no adware.
One of the attractive features of Lime wire is the protocol encryption using TLS. TLS (Transport Layer Security) refers to a cryptographic protocols that encrypts the connection and provides security for communications across the network. This facility obfuscates the connection so that the ISPs cannot monitor their clients visiting the Gnutella network (famous for illegal file sharing that includes copyrighted materials).The disadvantage is that even though it is very effective, it puts lot of load on the CPU and hence disabled by many users.
Lime wire sets ups packet forwarding rules with the UPnP routers and acts as UPnP Internet Gateway Device. UPnP refers to universal Plug and Play protocol that provides a simple way to connect devices and implement network easily at homes and office environments. An instant messenger is embedded into the software that allows the users to communicate with others. In addition, users can share files only with their biddies and not with everyone.
The majority of users who use lime wire are those who are interested in multimedia files like music and videos. An online store has been started which offers a single song for $0.99 and subscribers get songs at $0.27 per song. The service is limited to only certain countries.
Lime wire is not just P2P software but much more than it. It has FTP and HTTP support, Chat facility and a media player to play files even that are partially downloaded. Due to extreme pressure from RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), the company incorporated frost wire code that blocks files that are copyrighted and illegal to share. It has most of the features present in other P2P applications.
You can download the application from here.
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Post LinkBitTorrent The Oldest Peer to Peer Client
Posted on: September 18, 2009BitTorrent is a computer application that is used to transfer large files using peer to peer protocol. This is the first peer to peer client that was developed by Bram Cohen, who was the brain behind the peer to peer technology. Bram authored the P2P protocol, which made transferring of large files very simple affair. Scalability issues faced by traditional way of transferring files across the network were overcome by P2P technology. This application is also known as Mainline.
P2P protocol is nothing but a set of rules that enables you to connect with others in the peer to peer network. The advantage of this network is that you will be downloading and uploading at the same time. In addition, even a computer which is low on resources and bandwidth can participate without facing any problems. Therefore, this method is used to transfer very large files (like Linux OS) efficiently. Of course, it is faster and cheaper also.
BitTorrent client implements P2P protocols so that your computer connects with other computers in the network. This application is written in C++ and is available for Windows as well as MAC users. This is a global standard for transferring large files across the network. It is estimated that there are over 160 million clients worldwide and it is still growing.
The application started as an open source and until recently, it was converted into a closed source. The earlier versions of this software were written in python and were available with open source license.
BitTorrent software application allows the user to search for torrent files and download files. Torrents are small files that consist of all the details regarding the location and size of the files.
Some of the features of this client are
- Multiple parallel download;
- Graphical, Tubular and statistical views that allow users to clearly understand what is happening;
- Detailed information regarding the speed, the peers information and their bandwidth that is being used;
- Auto recovery system in case of a data crash;
- Supports ISP protocol encryption and all other features present in other P2P applications.
Download the client from here.
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