Swedish bittorrent dropped 40Gbps with an EU law? (DCMA -like)
Hello, I am interested in a claim made[1] that with the implementation of EU Directive 2004/48/EC [2] that Swedish traffic dropped 40Gb/s: http://stats.autonomica.se/mrtg/sums/All.html Could this really mean that everyone in Sweden just 'turned off their bittorrent clients' on the 1st of April? It seems to me that its more likely a large peer has pulled out or closed a service. Does anyone have some interesting ideas on where to get a more balanced view on where that traffic went on the 1st of April? If you look at AMS-IX and LINX, there is a dip - but its hard to see from so high up. https://stats.linx.net/cgi-pub/aggregate-year https://www.ams-ix.net/technical/stats/cgi-bin/16all?log=totalall;png=yearly Perhaps also there is a cultural difference with Swedes being more prone to follow the law? Like a speed camera effect. What do people think? 1. http://www.swedishwire.com/business/506-illegal-filesharing-dives-in-sweden 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_on_the_enforcement_of_intellectual_pr... -- 020 7729 4797 http://blog.playlouder.com/
On Jul 15, 2009, at 7:29 AM, Charlie Allom wrote:
Hello,
I am interested in a claim made[1] that with the implementation of EU Directive 2004/48/EC [2] that Swedish traffic dropped 40Gb/s:
http://stats.autonomica.se/mrtg/sums/All.html
Could this really mean that everyone in Sweden just 'turned off their bittorrent clients' on the 1st of April? It seems to me that its more likely a large peer has pulled out or closed a service.
Does anyone have some interesting ideas on where to get a more balanced view on where that traffic went on the 1st of April?
If you look at AMS-IX and LINX, there is a dip - but its hard to see from so high up. https://stats.linx.net/cgi-pub/aggregate-year https://www.ams-ix.net/technical/stats/cgi-bin/16all?log=totalall;png=yearly
Perhaps also there is a cultural difference with Swedes being more prone to follow the law? Like a speed camera effect.
What do people think?
That statistics are rarely manipulated as aggressively as they are in the P2P / filesharing wars. Regards Marshall
1. http://www.swedishwire.com/business/506-illegal-filesharing-dives-in-sweden 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_on_the_enforcement_of_intellectual_pr...
-- 020 7729 4797 http://blog.playlouder.com/
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