EDHS Contemporary World Affairs

moniCA92870 · Senior Member

France Cracks Down on Internet Downloads

Bonemail-(Christophe K) · Senior Member

First off how do they know 450,000 downloads are illegal if they don't monitor downloads already? Second people will just start buring files onto disks and just selling them online or offline. Also since the internet is kinda like cable channels over broadcast channels or primary education to secondary education. You don't have to go on it or access it so the limitations on what you can get should be much less.

This should not be applied in the U.S. cause government is always willing to reach over and take a little more of societies pie. This kinda action can lead to censoring of the internet which is already under debate in new zealand. No should not happen period. <<<<

Snackycakes · Senior Member

Thoughts: France sucks

Could it work in the U.S?: Nope

Anything that could go wrong?: It's an invasion of privacy, some people may get a little upset

Ankz · Veteran Member

I think this is pretty much impossible to monitor.

" lot is at stake. Studies estimate that nearly 95% of music downloaded around the globe in 2008 40 billion files was illegal."

those are just music downloads.

KW00D · Senior Member

It's not possible to monitor something that's WORLDwide.
We've already been over this. It shouldn't matter simply because it won't work.
No use in wasting money to try.

ich_binJason · Senior Member

I would honestly get so owned if this were to happen. Nothing like pirating music, movies, and software! luckily its France. it would never work in the United States. You can block servers, websites, but any computer savy guy can figure a way around it.

KW00D · Senior Member

ich_binJason wrote:

I would honestly get so owned if this were to happen. Nothing like pirating music, movies, and software! luckily its France. it would never work in the United States. You can block servers, websites, but any computer savy guy can figure a way around it.

Sounds like a couple of people here...

watashiwa1293 · Veteran Member

Nope! It's not going to work in France or the United States or anywhere else. I'm sure people can find a way around it. Like, as Chris said, burning stuff on CDs and distributing them or using proxies or whatever.

Bonemail-(Christophe K) · Senior Member

watashiwa1293 wrote:

Nope! It's not going to work in France or the United States or anywhere else. I'm sure people can find a way around it. Like, as Chris said, burning stuff on CDs and distributing them or using proxies or whatever.

Proxys make me titter

DaisyVo1212 · Senior Member

It's an invasion of privacy. And it probably won't work in the U.S.

Bam · Senior Member

my thoughts are that it is a law but people break laws all the time it might work and if it does people are still going to pirate things one way or another.