All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012

[n_isfor_neville]

Originally posted by jennybliss at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
Originally posted by marguerite_26 at All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012
I'm seeing variations of this all over my flist and damn, it does not look good.

(this is an edited version of lk737's post hereAccording to this article, dated

Comments

[zeitgeistic]

*rolling around in a pile of self-pity* I won't even get to see another Sherlock or Downton Abbey episode until, like, 2015. I'll be THIRTY.

[n_isfor_neville]

Seriously, people in the UK get US shows faster than we get most of the UK shows. It's not fair!!!

[zeitgeistic]

It's really not, and it's absurd to boot. PBS edits the balls out of the masterpiece shows. They turned 2 episodes of DA into ONE last season.

I am concerned this will also affect things like right-click-saving lolgifs and such tbh :/

[n_isfor_neville]

If the BBC would just figure out how to make the iPlayer available to the US, things would be so much better. I would gladly pay a yearly or monthly subscription. They've been considering that for at least a year now, but they just can't seem to figure out how the whole licensing thing will work, because we have commercials, and they don't.

But yeah, fanvids will be cracked down on too, I guess.

[4am_secret]

Demand Progress has a petition for this, if you'd like to sign it, it's here!

[n_isfor_neville]

Thanks!