ISP’s under the mircoscope on copyright
October 22 2007 It would appear that internet behemoths such Youtube and Mysace should tread carefully over the coming months as the entertainment industry, led by the likes of the MPA, continues to increase pressure on copyright infringements as it looks towards the industry to police the online trading of music and movies.
It looks certain that ISP’s (internet service providers) will become embroiled as entertainment industry looks for methods of policing the network. While technology such as BitTorrent and P2P provide a method of transferring large files between communities, ISP’s are increasingly being asked to address users ability to utilize these tools.
This may in some way work to the advantages of the ISP’s who see huge demands on their networks with uploading and downloading large files. Various ISP’s (AT&T among them) have agreed to work with entertainment companies to combat piracy however results, which have included several high profile prosecutions, have to date been fairly sparse
