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US ISPs negotiate with RIAA & MPAA on piracy enforcement

It looks like ISPs are going to create their own policies to punish subscribers who participate in illegal file sharing.  Reports indicate AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast are the ISPs involved in negotiations with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).  Apparently the White House is also involved in current talks, but to what extent is currently unknown.

According to a recent CNET article , ISPs are looking to attack the problem of illegal file sharing with a “graduated approach.”  The approach starts with a written warning which the providers are calling “Copyright Alerts.”  After written warnings fail to be sufficient, the provider will escalate the matter to one of three proposed measures.  Those measures are (in no particular order of preference):

One would think that the final step would be to terminate the subscribers internet service, but apparently that is not being considered as a punishment.  The report indicates that the cost of the agreement would be shared by the service providers.  Whether that means implementation costs for punishments or costs for tracking illegal file sharing activity, or both, it remains unknown.

In speaking with an industry source, Ars Technica learned that the goal was not in fact punishment but instead “mitigation and education.”  The contact was upset by the focus on disciplinary action in the CNET article, stating that “the focus on enforcement is inaccurate.”  The source did reinforce that the list of possible disciplinary actions above is being discussed and that the Obama administration is involved in these talks.

Currently the White House has no solid litigation for file sharing, instead focusing their efforts on censorship and how ISPs handle user information .  It does make sense for ISPs and content providers to join hands in this though.  A rash of lawsuits because of file sharing have been aggressively pursued lately, including suits over illegal downloading of The Hurt Locker , and the RIAA getting a huge payout from LimeWire.  It stands to reason that the RIAA and MPAA would work with ISPs to try and deter file sharing or at least mitigate the number of downloads.

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LimeWire is one of the most popular P2P program in the world and Gnutella client. LimeWire comes with lots of cool and revolutionary features that make it a software worthy of the term Web 2.0. The user interface is simply amazing and you can see from the start that a lot of work was done to develop such nice buttons, well-rounded corners, and to put everything in its place. One of the most important things in a software is its user interface and we all know how many iPhones and App Store apps were sold, respectively downloaded, thanks to the nice and very friendly user interface.

LimeWire 5.4.8 features no more and no less than 2 search bars as well as 2 sidebars. Although you might think that the UI is congested, that’s not true as I’ve never had the feeling that this file-sharing P2P application is too “heavy.” It’s easy to digest it, seriously. And as a result lots of other P2P software are based on this program.

The search bar situated on top is destined for global searches where users can see all the files that are shared on their P2P network. If you were wondering for what you can use the second search bar, then you should know that it was designed for you to search your own library. LimeWire’s sidebars were designed to follow the idea of the search bars: one for global searches, and the other one for your own files like movies, music, images and pictures, and other documents from your library. There are two ways to display the searches: the new and much improved Web 2.0-way or in spreadsheet view that displays all the information about your files.

Users can also import their Google and Jabber contacts in LimeWire 5.4.8 and then share specific files from the library to them. There’s a feature called “P2P network” which displays what a user is downloading, respectively uploading so you can track what users worldwide are getting from your computer. LimeWire 5.4.8 comes packed with Advanced Tools, a feature which allows pro users to get even more information about their contact as well as to see what can be found on lots of torrent clients. Data about the users whom you are connected consists of IP address, how much bandwidth he wastes, what program he’s using, and what version of the software they’re running. These are very useful and they’re definitely welcomed by pro’s.

LimeWire 5.4.8 is probably the best P2P file sharing in the world ever created, despite some performance hindrances that might slow down your computer. Anyway, LimeWire 5.4.8 is very reliable and if you don’t mess around with it (meaning that you apply settings that are unknown to you) it will deliver a very good user experience.

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