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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
It is possible that the EU tackling this will influence the US to take similar steps... especially if the EU "encourages" it, or if the new EU laws versus the old US laws adversely impact US commercial interests. It might be what is needed to push everyone else into lockstep.
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There is, IMHO, absolutely nothing wrong with existing copyright laws. What is needed is EDUCATION to teach young people that simply because they technically CAN copy something without paying for it, it is not RIGHT to do so.
All children (I hope) I taught that it is "wrong" to take something from a shop without paying for it; they need to be taught that it is equally wrong to take something from the Internet without paying for it.
There is a voluntary agreement being discussed at present among European ISPs to deal with persistent copyright infringers. It woud be a three stage process - first a warning letter, then a temporary sessation of service, and then a permanent ban. The idea is that persistent offenders would not be able to get access from any ISP.