The Guardian reports that Feargal Sharkey has offered ‘total co-operation with government’ in battle against filesharing UK Music CEO Feargal Sharkey wrote to Department for Business, Innovation & Skill minister Peter Mandelson last Thursday, “offering total co-operation with government” as it tries to reduce illegal filesharing, the former Undertones frontman says. But that did not [...]
Carphone Warehouse boss Charles Dunstone proposes parental controls in the battle against file-sharing. Parents will be able to block users acccessing filesharing, pornography and gambling sites. Charles Dunstone, chief executive of Carphone Warehouse, which operates the TalkTalk broadband network, said: “We are working on introducing parental controls within our network, so your household can decide [...]
The British brand The Indelicates says “Let them download for free”. The Indelicates have stepped into the ongoing debate over the effects of illegal filesharing on the music industry. In a Twitter conversation with Carter USM singer Jim Bob, the band’s frontwoman Julia Indelicate argued that the business would adapt to an era of free [...]
