Just how many times can you illegally download content and get away with it, officially speaking? A new agreement between major US ISPs and the music and movie industry has pegged it at six. Give or take. Honestly, they don’t really care that much.
https://gizmodo.com/the-isps-are-about-to-take-a-harder-stance-against-pira-5814819
In addition to being twice as generous as an MLB at bat, the six-strikes-you’re-out rule is pretty well weighted towards all you copyright bandits out there. The goal, according to the likes of Time Warner Cable, AT&T, Comcast, etc., is to “educate” rather than “punish,” an attitude that comes from straight from the goodness of their wallets. Because if you’re actually reprimanded for all those downloads, they’ll lose you as a customer. And they just. Won’t. Let. That. Happen.
The plan is basically a series of warnings that you’ll receive each time you’re caught, after the fifth of which ISPs can start taking punitive measures like reducing your internet speeds or redirecting you to a landing page that encourages you to call your provider and have a nice chat about copyright law. They’re under no obligation to yank your service, though, and they won’t, because see above re: your regular monthly payments.
Still, maybe not a bad idea to keep it to six illegal downloads just to keep everyones feathers unruffled. As long as they don’t make another Rocky movie, you should be set. [Ars, Image credit: Shutterstock/astral232]
