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Virgin Media Testing New File Sharing Detecting System
In November 2009 we reported that new technology could be adopted to monitor illegal file sharing in UK. Now one of UK’s leading broadband providers, Virgin Media, has announced that it could soon reveal new technology that aims at combating file sharing. This deep packet inspection technology (DPI) the company is flirting with is provided provided by Detica and as reported by Times, while it can be used in identifying the types of files Internet users are downloading it can’t be used by companies to pry into their customers’ online activity and grab IP addresses.
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Second largest phone company in the US agrees to forward notices of copyright infringement on behalf of the entertainment industry, perhaps hinting at a sign of things to come as ISPs slowly enter the world of content distribution. Perhaps hinting a sign of things to come, Verizon Communications will reportedly begin forwarding notices of copyright infringement to its customers at the behest of both the MPAA and RIAA. The moves is part of an unspecified “test” that will begin this Thursday, the test probably meaning to determine whether the benefits of helping protect copyrighted – and vis a vis possible future content distribution partnerships – outweigh the costs of angering customers.
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