Lets not have any illusions now, piracy is indeed illegal, and it is also wrong. We don’t condone piracy, but we don’t support the elimination of Internet freedom. Though, the issue may not be immediately on radar, one has to worry that when corporations and ISPs, which are corporations, team up that some thing bad is going to happen. Though at least the random legal scare tactics are coming to a halt.
The new plan has ISPs sending a pre-written letter to any one who violates certain restrictions. The letter is for, apparently, any one who seems to be uploading or downloading music illegally. If the user continues to file-share they will slowly be cut off from the Internet.
Only a few ISPs so far have agreed to some degree with the RIAA, but this far details are pretty much concealed from the general public. Luckily the RIAA will not directly demand your identity so while the ISPs will remained concealed you will too, from the RIAA at least.
The issue that is generated is the method by which they will find the people whoa re seemingly sharing music illegally. Will this new idea harm the individualized artist, which has relied to readily on the increased communication and sharing that the Internet has given him or her?
The answers are unknown as of yet, but there may be some fear for those producing there own music and who are willing to share it. The music community, as it has become more so than an industry, currently relies on file sharing and without it a lot of things would change and it would be hard for the community as a whole to survive.
We will see. Hey at least little old ladies wont be sued any more because their grand kids stole some Kanye West on their computers.
