American ISPs to launch massive copyright spying scheme on July 12

Richardc269 said:

This is one of the main reasons why pirating happens. Availability is just non-existant in some places.

In some cases, I am sure this is a problem. I'm in the US, and I don't think the overwhelming reason for piracy here is a lack of simply unavailability.

Richardc269 said:

Having no income is why some people pirate as well, but not as high as the reason above.

I think this depends upon your location. The overwhelming majority of piracy that I know of is for software, music and movies which are readily available, however people don't want to pay for them when they can get them for free.

pparks1 said:

Richardc269 said:

This is one of the main reasons why pirating happens. Availability is just non-existant in some places.

In some cases, I am sure this is a problem. I'm in the US, and I don't think the overwhelming reason for piracy here is a lack of simply unavailability.

Richardc269 said:

Having no income is why some people pirate as well, but not as high as the reason above.

I think this depends upon your location. The overwhelming majority of piracy that I know of is for software, music and movies which are readily available, however people don't want to pay for them when they can get them for free.

I'm in Austalia and availability is a problem accross all categories except for maybe applications. Several times games have not been released in Australia because of censorship. The same goes for occasional movies. Some just aren't released maybe because the sales wont justify the costs.

Its extremely frustrating and I come accross it several times a year.

I'm also on a disability pension and extremely poor, so for me just about everything except costs directly associated with my boys is a luxury. I have plenty of incentive to pirate, and I'm not alone. Most of my friends are in the same situation.
Many elderly people are also in the same situation.

For me, I dont have access to the stuff. I don't have money to buy the stuff, and I sit at home most of the time, so I get bored. If it weren't for the fact that most pirated stuff is terrible quality and full of viruses I could imagine being tempted.

I hear you. As another example, games (specifically, the PSN). We live in the same region so you're probably aware we miss out on a huge ton of content on stuff that only gets released in NA/Europe. It's not like Sony has licensing issues with foreign distributors either; they own the entire damn network. So yeah, it's discrimination for no reason (that we as end users can see). We can buy the same base games but pretty much none of the extras or DLCs.

yes att is one of the top K9s on the list
freaking snoops
they ain't going to be able to see what we do in our browsers from what i read its only going to effect torrents and p2p even harder then what is already being done

And once they prove they can very well know what kind of data is being shared - won't they put themselves into a legal corner by allowing other types of illegal activity to go unanswered?

not only that is going to hurt them once they start the users that ain't going to put up with them spying for the media company's are going to switch company's

Agreed with the DLCs. Before, DLCs were games that enhance the current game just as how expansions would. Now, most of it feel like parts of the whole game delibirately cut off just to be sold and make more money.

i have searched for a entire list and none popped up but there is a small list

Each ISP has to develop their infrastructure for automating the system,” said Sherman, at a CNet

Of course the usual suspects are behind this plan including the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of American (MPAA). The plan is backed by all major ISPs (Comcast, Verizon, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, AT&T) and has the support of the Obama administration.

if i come across a entire list i will post it here for you