Second Room will pop-up with warning on torrentsites update

Who illegal material try to download it from a torrentsite or any other site containing illegal material, should have a pop up with a warning. This advocate, the VVD and PvdA, which together have a majority in the Second Chamber.

It is not yet clear how the two parties plan technically want to achieve; opposite to the NOS, they want only to say that the pop-up is there for them to come. The warning, the user would have to make clear that they are acting illegally; since april it is forbidden in the Netherlands to be from illegal source to download.

In addition, violators of the downloadverbod in the pop-up will be advised on alternatives. “There also needs to be a legal alternative, and then get them directed,” says VVD Mp Jeroen van Wijngaarden across the NOS. This would be the offenders, however, remain anonymous, and not be prosecuted; according to both parties is the maintenance of the downloadverbod unfeasible and undesirable.

Labour Mp Astrid Oosenbrug still don’t know how the plan technically must be implemented. “That’s difficult – I have no answer to, but that I do as a Member of parliament is also not,” says Oosenbrug opposite Tweakers. It is the Member of parliament to the ‘voorlichtingsaspect’. “People who know the way to have by default, a pop-up blocker turned on,” said Oosenbrug. Incidentally, have web browsers now have a built-in pop-up blocker. Oosenbrug adds that the plan is not against the ‘internet freedom’ is allowed.

It is unclear how the parties think a downloadwaarschuwing to enter: after all, it is not likely that the torrentsites there voluntarily to cooperate. Providers would downloadwaarschuwing can inject when serving the page, but there is currently a legal basis. The providers should not voluntarily do, because then violate the net neutrality. In addition, it will not work in combination with https. Apart from that, would the downloadwaarschuwing also be shown in legitimate content, which is also on a lot of torrentsites can be found.

D66 Mp Kees Verhoeven calls the plan ‘stupid’: according to him the scare of consumers. “It is a stupid plan and shows no sign of any knowledge of how people surf the internet and to download,” says Verhoeven in a written response. “Illegal downloads to reduce your no more pop-ups, but with more legal supply,” said the Mp.

Update, 13:06: Reaction the Labour party added.

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