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Originally Posted by HarryT
I agree with you. That's why I was surprised by your suggestion that investigation should involve the dramatic steps you were talking about - seizure of computer, forensic examination, etc. Do you really think that should be done in every case where an accusation of copyright infringement has been made? It would be hugely expensive and time consuming, and would probably result in the accused person losing their computer for months.
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I'm sure it could be streamlined and done on-premises within an hour or so. They could have some computer program that checks internet logs or whatever, and have an army of inspectors trained up to do it like they did when everyone's video recorder needed retuning for Channel 5 (I was one of the retuners).
Anyone who objects to that would then have their computer removed for official inspection and be without it for 6 months. Most people would go for the former, especially if they were innocent.
As for it being expensive, the entertaiment industry could pay for it out of the extra £12billion per year they will be making due to the reduction in piracy.
