ISP as copyright cop: Aussie ISP kills all user multimedia files nightly

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Envision a world where your ISP does the copyright policing at the behest of the movie studios, television networks, and music labels, where no copyrighted content stays up on a user's account for more than 24 hours. It sounds like a dream for Big Content, but it's also a nightmare for customers of Australian ISP Exetel.

An Exetel support page which features the top ten support questions from the previous month. A frequently asked question from customers is why their multimedia files keep disappearing from their accounts. Exetel says that it takes a "hard approach to copyright issues," and since April 2005 the ISP has run a script that deletes all multimedia content with common extensions including .avi, .mp3, .wmv, and .mov.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070627-isp-as-copyright-cop-aussie-isp-kills-all-user-multimedia-files-nightly.html

That's what happens with ISPs (webhosts) are found to be liable for the activities of their clients, thanks to the Australian courts.

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OMG what is wrong with these people? That is INSANE too.

People cry for more technology but when it come then they cry that the new technology takes away jobs or profits.

Well ya cant have your cake and eat it too !! Or can you?

Maybe they should do with movies what they did with music.
Give up on trying to stop people from downloading and coping and start web sites where you can BUY a download vid. That is making the music industry tons of money. And no more loss.