People downloading illegal copies of movies, tv shows, songs and softwares will be the next target by the BSA, according to a recent report from Inquirer.
The PAPT provides consulting services to the Business Software Alliance in the Philippines:
BSA consultant Bienvenido Marquez III said in an interview that end-users should also be liable for piracy, even if downloads are for personal use.
The growing usage and decreasing cost of broadband Internet services in the Philippines are now allowing people to download larger files, such as software and movies, into their hard drives.
It will be hard to trace or track people on P2P networks and torrent sites but I reckon the BSA will follow the same strategy that the RIAA and the MPAA in the United States are doing — picking out a handful and making examples of them.
The report adds that Congressman Rufus Rodriguez and Senator Edgardo Angara have already proposed amendments to the current Intellectual Property Rights Code.
I hope though that those amendments will also include provisions to help individual publishers (bloggers, webmaster, web designers, photographers) from having their online content being ripped off.
[...] announced to the whole world that he has downloaded Star Trek after watching it in the cinemas. He forgot that he has written something early this year about the BSA’s quest to go after file…. BSA consultant Bienvenido Marquez III said in an interview that end-users should also be liable [...]
CRAZY WARNING FROM PAPT. HOW CAN THEY IMPLEMENT SUCH LAWS? MAJORITY OF OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ARE USING PIRATED SOFTWARE BUT I NEVER HEARD THIS AGENCY (PAPT) NUETRALIZING EUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS SHOULD TEACH HONESTY AS ONE OF THE CORE VALUES FOR OUR YOUTH AND YET ‘STEALING SOFTWARE’ IS VERY MUCH VULNERABLE THAT ONLY OUR GOVERNMENT IS SO BIND AND DEAF ABOUT IT. THEY ONLY SAW SMALL BUSINESSMAN LIKE OWNER OF INTER CAFES…. KAWAWA NAMAN TALAGA ANG MALILIT PALAGUI….. CRAZY PAPT VERY CRAZY GO TO HELL PAPT…..
hhmmm paano bayan wala na naman silang pera..hmmmm sa taong bayan na naman ang punta ng mga yan..
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Government should target those people behind all the piracy here in our country not only those sellers. It’s the same as targeting the Drug Lords not only the Drug pushers. I know some people behind these unlawful acts are those people who are in the position right now. You know who you are.