p2p news / p2pnet: A bill is being offered up in South Korea to force ISPs to “supervise” user file transactions, “and to delete or stop them when the contents are copyrighted materials such as music or video files,” says the Korea Times.

“The bill also says that the companies would be punished for up to 50 million won (almost $ 48,550) in penalty, if they don’t follow the government’s instruction,” says the story.

The bill was mooted by Uri party lawmaker Woo Sang-ho whose web site went down, “as Internet users swarmed to the bulletin board to post complaints and even curses,” says the story. “Major portal sites such as Naver were covered with thousands of protests from users, too.”

“It is a naïve idea that would kill the emerging Internet industry,” the Korea Times has the Korea Internet Corporations Association saying in a statement.

But, “Despite unfavorable reactions from the public, Woo’s staff said that they are pushing for the bill and expect the National Assembly to approve it within this month,” says the story, adding:

“They also said that there was some misinterpretation of the reports bringing negative reaction from the public. ‘Instant messaging services such as MSN Messenger, Web mail and portal services will not be subject to the new law. Only peer-to-peer service and Web hard service will be forced to take actions on the illegal file transactions,’ said Woo’s aide Park Seung-nak.”

Also read:-
Korea Times - New Internet copyright bill under fire, December 7, 2005

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