Piracy crackdown plans revealed

[Scottish Business Owner]

The music industry and the six largest ISPs in the UK have reached an agreement on how to deal with broadband customers using their accounts to illegally share or download music.

The ISPs - BT, Virgin Media, The Carphone Warehouse, Tiscali, Orange and Sky - have agreed to send warning letters to anyone whose account is being used for piracy, informing them that it is illegal.

Piracy crackdown plans revealed - Web User News

So how many people on here will be getting letters then?

The Big Brother state is well and truly alive and kicking!

 

[Power Lunch Club]

I stopped when Matt showed me the error of my ways....

Although I did watch some fabulous old episodes of 'The Goodies'....EXCELLANT!!

Do do do, the funky gibbon

Gordon
PLC

 

[Scottish Business Owner]

I think the main issue here is that the music industry needs to adapt and learn how to monetize the internet. I wouldn't think that someone getting one of these letters through the door would be particularly worried.

The fundamental for me is though that if i buy either a CD or download a tune from a legal download site I should have the choice as to what medium i play it on whether that be my phone, ipod or computer.

 

[Brian McIntosh]

I don't think it's about what you play your legally bought music on , It's aimed more at the people who download the same cd for free from download sites. I agree that the music industry needs to look at how they can address the problem and one solution I heard yesterday was to charge everyone an annual fee of

 

[Terry]

P2P file sharing died a long time ago - for those in the know. As usual the government and the ISPs are behind the times A few million hackers brains always beats the brains of a few out of touch people sitting in offices on comfy chairs.