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.
sa tingin ko pwede lang mangyari ito kng ang mga ISP sa pinas pag-aari ng goverrnment…
Twitter: bobreyes
says:
I tell you, this will NOT be implemented until the 2010 election period is done — if ever there will one.
yeah whatever. they’re such losers hehe. wala namang DMCA sa pinas eh
how the hell are they going to solve this if they can’t even stop people selling pirated DVDs and software in the streets! If they would stop people from downloading online, then might as well buy from the streets!
They might implement it.. but how will they work on it?
and how are they gonna do it? hmmm?
suntok sa buwan!
FYI, the RIAA does it by compelling the ISP to disclose IP heuristic data (IP address + time + data/port used for connection).
Once they are able to “match” subscriber account info to data transfer, they have information on what may be called cause to file a complaint.
I’m curious though…
1) Data privacy MUST be inviolable. I wonder how this will be implemented without violating that.
2) What’s the use of a fast internet connection if you are not going to use it. If I am prohibited from downloading stuff, might as well have dialup. The broadband market thrives on bandwidth, and yet for what then?
Boo.
ANd how about wifi users like in malls and cafes? Boo!
@heyru – then that would be easy for BSA/police to catch them.
ang sarap maging pinoy! tuloy lang tayo sa pagpipirata… hehehe.
kung ano yun libre at mura yun ang tatangkilikin natin dapat.
MABUHAY ANG PIRATED!!! AWOOT!
Hulu nalang at Megavideo lol
Everybody is so passionate about it
I think it is a balance, and right now, since we are on a crisis, BSA may see that piracy is eating way too much over their threshold, so they do this initiative to bring piracy down to acceptable levels.
As much as BSA hates piracy, I think they in some indirect way need it, as it is the only way most of their softwares and other content get the mass numbers needed to evolve a product or content.
How else will Photoshop become mainstream if only people who have 50k to spare can use em. With more users come more income
This will pass, as will all the other initiatives they engage in. For the time being, be careful lang muna tayo.
Just my two cents worth
well, piracy helped the industry for some reason. Some who purchase the pirated one end up buying a legit one after.
Kalokohan to…
Kill the Piracy…
Kill the Internet First…
kalokohan to.. ha ha ha
kaya nga sumisikat sila dahil sa piracy… dyan umiikot industria..
kahit mga big guns like apple, microsoft.. ng umpisa mga pirata rin mga yan pw*H!!!.. watch the documentary “pirates of the silicon valley’ and you’ll learn that the industry is a bunch of leechers and pirates even from the start!!
CRAP~!!
file sharing is legal… it’s non-profit… for personal use only… If they will track the people by their IP Address it would be unfair for those who have dynamic IP Address. There’s nothing illegal with file sharing!!!
naghahanap na naman ng pagkakakitaan
There’s no way that I’m going back to my old life renting VCDs on Video City just to watch a movie.
Viva aXXo!
Unahin muna nila ang mga nagbebenta ng pirated DVDs sa bangketa.. Goodluck sa gobyerno kung kaya nilang habulin lahat ng nagdadownload online.
kalokohan to, eto pa inuna nila.
Twitter: laibcoms
says:
Ah my friends, we are missing the message they’re trying to sent across through the article.
They’re telling us that, “if we can confiscate PCs, fine, and even shutdown iCafes and Large Businesses, we can do it on the individual level.”
We can all say “they should just use the money elsewhere” all we want, but they won’t care. But they won’t care, for them, there are agencies already in existence for those problems like poverty, economy, and education.
We can also dismiss it and say “ASA” all we want, but the possibility that they can and will do it and make an example is there, waving at us, saying hello.
“It is better to overestimate your opponent than to underestimate him.”
I am not giving them too much credibility or scaring anyone, but by the likes of it, they found a way to target the individuals.
Quoting from the Inquirer article (if you bothered reading it):
Whatever they’re backing on or leaning on, they think they now have the power to “go after individuals caught sharing or selling downloaded items”.
I say, just be careful, you do not want to be the first example IF they can really do it (which just like you, I doubt that they can).
Watch your backs, especially outside. Keep your download sharing and selling forums and sites, dunno, private? (But I’m sure they can still arrange an entrapment.)
Again, don’t get me wrong. I don’t believe they can do it, but the best way to become Example #1 is by turning a blind eye and deaf ear to the possibility that they can.
And IF, okay, IF they do make an example out of anyone of us, I just hope that those people are “false” tips, entrapment, or whatever you want to call it.
I won’t say publicly how WE (you and me) can do it. As it stands right now, we are still 10 Steps ahead of them (in my PoV). But it isn’t an excuse to put down our guard.
^_^
Btw, use GIMP NOT Adobe Photoshop. USE Ubuntu GNU/Linux NOT Microsoft Windows. Support FLOSS, then they can abolish themselves.
Yeah right as if they can do that… It’s everywhere!
Ok.. But please, they have to use genuine OS/Windows, tool etc first before they track us.
Twitter: sugodcom
says:
Ok yan!! Naaapektuhan din naman pinas sa piracy na yan.. Wla na artista at singers pag mapapatuloy pa to.. Tama yan.. I’ll back this up..
sa bagal ng justice system ng pilipinas expect a conviction or acquittal after 10-20 years!
to add to JC John Sese Cuneta, use OpenOffice.org instead of MS Office
oh wait…. will this include the nationwide cartel of Muslims pirating DVD’s? Come to Boracay and the Muslim cartel pirates everything electronic.