"If you are a subscriber then the Digital Economy Act means we will have to pass on copyright infringement reports we get about your IP addresses; count those reports; and maybe take measures to block or restrict your internet service. If you are a communications provider or service provider we do not have to do any of those things as they only apply to subscribers."
Although it's worth noting this ISP doesn't require you to have unsecured wifi to be a communications provider: "A communications provider is anyone that is providing a communications service to anyone else, whether other people in their house or office, visitors wanting to check their email"
Sounds like just about anyone qualifies as long as they have a wifi network and go to the effort of telling their ISP they're a "communications provider".
On a related subject, does the bill specify audit and logging requirements for ISPs? I would at least like to know that the bits of data that are turning people into criminals are treated with the same respect as credit card information. Also, it seems to me that it would make a profitable business to setup an premium ISP advertising that they keep the minimal records required under law.
Could this also apply to someone running a Tor node on their network?
Tor is a big problem. It gives you anonymity, but, it still requires someone to forward your traffic, or multiple forward hops. You really need a proxy dedicated server like what The Pirate Bay has (you pay for it) which does not keep logs. Otherwise everything is incredibly slow. And I mean 56k speeds slow or worse.
Sorry, I was considering whether running a your own Tor proxy gives you some degree of immunity from prosecution rather than suggesting sending your own torrent traffic out through some other poor souls network connection.
"If you are a subscriber then the Digital Economy Act means we will have to pass on copyright infringement reports we get about your IP addresses; count those reports; and maybe take measures to block or restrict your internet service. If you are a communications provider or service provider we do not have to do any of those things as they only apply to subscribers."
Although it's worth noting this ISP doesn't require you to have unsecured wifi to be a communications provider: "A communications provider is anyone that is providing a communications service to anyone else, whether other people in their house or office, visitors wanting to check their email"
Sounds like just about anyone qualifies as long as they have a wifi network and go to the effort of telling their ISP they're a "communications provider".