Internet traffic in Sweden fell by 33% as the country’s new anti-piracy law came into effect.
Sweden’s new policy – the Local IPRED law – allows copyright holders to force internet service providers (ISP) to reveal details of users sharing files.
According to figures released by the government statistics agency – Statistics Sweden – 8% of the entire population use peer-to-peer sharing.
Popular BitTorrent sharing site, The Pirate Bay, is also based in Sweden.
The new law, which is based on the European Union’s Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED), allows copyright holders to obtain a court order forcing ISPs to provide the IP addresses identifying which computers have been sharing copyrighted material.
Figures from Netnod, a Swedish firm that measures internet traffic in and out of the country, suggest traffic fell from an average of 120Gbps to 80Gbps on the day the new law came into effect.
Har!
Sad day for the interwebitubes.
Welcome to the future…this sets a terrible precident, and since no one in the US has the balls to fight this shit, its only a matter of time before the big special interests continue paying congerssmen and politicians to crush net neutrality and usher in a new age of monitored and shaped traffic. The internet is under assault, and we need to protect her…at all costs.
This is part of CORPS making trade agreements with other countries.
Canada is trying to fight this, but it has been coming BACK and forth for the last 5-8 years.
THIS is more of the USA corps forcing OTHER countries..
Canada pays a USE tax when they purchase goods AT THE TIME OF SALE, this will increase that tax.
This is also leading BACK to the USA with stricter USA laws, and ISP monitoring, AND your nearest COP responsible for making this happen.
Who do we have to thank? RIAA? MPAA? I’ll bet the Scotch flowed freely after this announcement. Wonder how long before they drive music and movies into the ground?
We’re all dooomed! DOOOMED!
Cripes. What crybabies.
Everyone’s just laying in the weeds waiting to see what happens to the first pimply-ass cheapskate who sticks his head up.
KD,
If they (RIAA,MPAA) successfully stop Internet piracy, how does that drive music and movies into the ground? I see it as a temporary stop to this form of piracy (never stopped disc to disc duplication of course) until some other method around this pops up…
Swede here.
You know what, honestly, I just don’t get what my fellow Swedes are so upset about. In my view a copyright holder must have the ability to get in touch with a person distributing his material without permission.
I’m with moss. This is just temporary.
The real test is to see if there is a noticable increase in sales of dvds, music, games, etc.
My guess is no.
# 10 roastedpeanuts said, “The real test is to see if there is a noticable increase in sales of dvds, music, games, etc. ”
That’s like saying the real test of auto anti-theft devices is if car sales increase. ROFL!
If the shit sounded like a quality 33 1/3 I would buy.
“…to obtain a court order forcing ISPs to provide the IP addresses identifying which computers…”
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(shouts)
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(louder)
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(From behind water trough)
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How long will it take for these media companies to stop rejecting this technology and start embracing it as a more efficient means to start distributing their content at a profit.
Currently Im paying too much money for cable tv, which I am barely using because most of the shows I watch are downloaded. I could set my pvr to record these shows when they air, but then there is no guarantee that the last 30 seconds of the end of the show doesnt get cut off, or that I even remember to set the pvr. It is MUCH more convenient to click a link and watch the show 5-10 minutes later. Im considering canceling my cable just because I barely ever use it. If these copyright holders created a service like this, i would GLADLY give them the money that im currently giving my cable company.
How long will it take for these media companies to stop rejecting this technology and start embracing it as a more efficient means to start distributing their content at a profit .
Currently Im paying too much money for cable tv, which I am barely using because most of the shows I watch are downloaded. I could set my pvr to record these shows when they air, but then there is no guarantee that the last 30 seconds of the end of the show doesnt get cut off, or that I even remember to set the pvr. It is MUCH more convenient to click a link and watch the show 5-10 minutes later. Im considering canceling my cable just because I barely ever use it. If these copyright holders created a service like this, i would GLADLY give them the money that im currently giving my cable company.
# 15 mrmigu said, “It is MUCH more convenient to click a link and watch the show 5-10 minutes later. Im considering canceling my cable just because I barely ever use it. If these copyright holders created a service like this, i would GLADLY give them the money that im currently giving my cable company.”
Sounds like you DO have a service that allows you to download movies already. How much are you paying for it?
The other two thirds is porn.
Classic correlation. Everyone assumes that the traffic is down because of the new rules. Anyone looked at other countries today? Could it also be that on April 1st people are also waiting out the conficker worm?
There have been no new bands making it big in Sweden or Korea, where previously, there were flourishing local music scenes. Why, beacuse the record companies stopped doing A&R because it just wasn’t worth their while investing in new bands, when people were cloning the music from each other. This will happen accross the world if people value other peoples creative work so little, that they are prepared to steal it. How many of you guys out there work for free?
#19
I am not working for free, nor am I “making it big” for a few days work in a recording studio.
#19
I am not working for free, nor am I “making it big” for a few days of work.
I do plan on seeing a swedish band when they come to Toronto next month. This band gets NO radio play here. If I wasnt able to have obtained some of their music without paying for it, I would not have bought any of their albums, I would not be going to their shows and they would probably not be touring outside of scandanavia.
#7 ethanol, you’re probably right. Can’t stop the pirates no matter how hard you try. What one engineer can dream up, another can defeat. With the sole exception of AES-256 and equivalent means of encryption.
The RIAA and MPAA have done everything they can think of to stop piracy, and it hasn’t yet worked yet. If it ever does, I’m betting movie / music sales will not increase, but decrease. I, for one, am not paying jacked up retail for some of the shlock that comes out of CA. I want a preview before I buy.
#20,
yes, im paying nothing, as i said there is no pay alternative.
Since im using a private tracker, the speeds are good, as i said, it takes 5-10 minutes to download a tv show at lower quality, which looks decent. There are also higher quality videos available. About a year ago, there was a video site that was STREAMING HD video. They shut down as their operation costs were too high and there is no money in pirating videos. If the user base of such a site were paying for what they were receiving, such a concept would be possible.
#21 Just imagine how annoying it must be not to have a record company that can promote you sufficiently, so that people can be made aware of your music, without having to tour all over the world. In my experience, short tours of around a week can be fun, but long ones are horrible.
#20 There will be less and less music worth listening to soon if people aren’t prepared to pay for it. There’s no shame in wanting to be paid for what you do.
# 23 mrmigu said, “#20, yes, im paying nothing, as i said there is no pay alternative.”
So, you’re stealing. ‘Nuff said.
According to american law, that would be stealing.
I do not ive in the USA
#26 Which countries have no copyright laws then? There must be loads of people creating music and books and films there!
#27, Looks like Canada. It which case he’s a criminal…
Maybe everyone just finally got fed up with ABBA?
More seriously, despite a very large collection of CDs, vinyl still rules the roust at my place.
This always happens when new laws are introduced. IN a few days the majority of users will find a work around that keeps them anonymous and the traffic will increase again.
“…to obtain a court order forcing ISPs to provide the IP addresses identifying which computers…”
If it’s really written like this, they are in for a world of confusion, as IP addresses do not always identify a computer in the singular, only a local network.
#34
It’s called TOR, but it slows everything down. So a 700m movie that normally takes 20 mins will take a couple days.
All the other attempts at thwarting piracy, like comcast imposing a 250gb limimt, seems pointless when they keep increasing our bandwidth every year. at 20mb/s one can chew up 250gb in about a week, streaming netflix on their 360s.