- Expect that VPN users are pirates – ITavisen.no

A clear message to the ISPs.

Tuesday, 9 September 2014 – 9:47

The British broadcaster BBC dislikes that people download their programs are illegal.

Worried about Top Gear and Dr. Who
Therefore, they have now fixed an appeal to the Australian authorities to instruct broadband providers to simply be assumed that heavy users are pirates.

It is especially popular series like Dr. Who and Top Gear BBC is concerned.

Significant resources
– Although the BBC devotes substantial resources to take down and block access to this Doctor Who material, there were almost 13,000 attempts to download this material from Australian IP addresses between the time they were illegal accessible and expiration times the legal period, the BBC writes in his report to the Australian government.

BBC is on pay TV in Australia as in many other countries. Now fear the British that widespread illegal downloading might affect revenues.

Ruined premiere
Especially concerned are those of the new Dr. Who series leaked the net long before it came on the screen and thus officially ruined for the official television premiere.

– ISPs should warn the suspected infringers through a graded warning system. Through this, they should be informed that what they do is illegal. At the same time, one should educate em about the law and the importance of content and services is income. It should also state how they can obtain material legally. If customers do not take the warnings seriously should be implemented stricter measures, writes the BBC.

– Go for VPN users
And who do they have in mind? Yes, those using VPN (Virtual Private Network), that logs in via a third machine to the school’s track.

– The development of peer-to-peer software protocols that involve decentralized architecture has put users in able to download content from multiple host machines. Thus, investigation and punishment for copyright violations become a complex task. The situation is further aggravated with virtual private network (VPN) and proxy servers. This allows them to get around local obstructions and thus further reduce the chance of being found, reads the letter from the BBC.

Hidden IP and high volume
BBC seems only reasonable to suspect such users to have something to hide.

– It is reasonable to require Internet service providers to reveal usage patterns that are suspicious and which indicates that the user is engaged in activities that violate copyright. Such behavior often involves illegitimate tool hidden IP in combination with high download volumes, it is further stated in the document.

Source:
Torrentfreak.com