Thread: UK: DEA Enforcement delayed until 2012
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Old 03-24-2011, 09:52 AM   #32
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
You're assuming that nobody is going to take heed of warnings not to download illegally? I strongly suspect that the overwhelming majority of people will be scared off their illegal activities by such a warning. Suspension of internet access is the (proposed) very last step in the process, not the initial one.
It didn't work in France, so what makes you think it will work here?

http://torrentfreak.com/french-anti-...irates-110117/

At best you will drive it underground and force mainstream downloaders to go back to buying pirate copies on Ebay or at car boots and the like.

You will also get a big increase in the number of people using VPN and encryption to avoid detection. I can't really see the secret service or anti-terrorism squad being too pleased about that.

But as long as this missing £12 billion per year surfaces in the UK economy I suppose it makes it all worthwhile? I'm still not sure where all this money is now though.
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