[LINK] more p2p attacks: UK

[Jan Whitaker]

MJackson writes "The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has 
published a draft set of proposals for tackling illegal broadband 
file sharing (P2P) downloads by persistent infringers, among other 
things. The proposals form part of a discussion piece concerning the 
role that a UK Digital Rights Agency (DRA) could play. UK Internet 
Providers will already be required to warn those suspected of such 
activity and collect anonymised information on serious repeat 
infringers, though they could soon be asked to go even further. The 
new discussion paper, while not going into much detail, has proposed 
two potential example solutions to the problem. UK ISPs could employ 
protocol blocking or bandwidth restrictions in relation to persistent 
infringers. In other words, P2P services could be blocked, or 
suspected users might find their service speeds seriously restricted."

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/15/1621216&from=rss


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