Dan Bull’s song takes you back to the 80s when “home taping was killing music” We all know that the government’s disconnection proposals to deter illegal filesharing are daft and dangerous; and many would agree that the way many people in the music industry have reacted is a little misguided. After all, haven’t we seen [...]
The disconnection plans set out in the Digital Economy Bill will cost consumers £500 million, according to admissions by the ministers.
Proposals to suspend the internet connections of those who repeatedly share music and films online will leave consumers with a bill for £500 million, ministers have admitted.
The Digital Economy Bill would force internet service providers [...]
Lord Mandelson seems hellbent on stifling online creativity, writes Bill Thompson on Index on Censorship.
These days history repeats itself three times, first as tragedy, then as farce and finally as an ill-considered and illiberal proposal from Lord High Executioner Mandelson, the unelected Minister for Stuff in Gordon Brown’s government.
We saw it recently when he decided, against [...]
The Government will order ISPs to disconnect file-sharers after receiving two warning letters.
The Government has used the Queen’s speech to confirm that it will press ahead with plans to disconnect illegal file-sharers.
The measures will be passed as part of the Digital Economy Bill, which will force ISPs to penalise persistent file-sharers.
PC Pro has the full [...]
Pirate Bay changes the system behind its the P2P network. They insist it is nothing to do with a court order.
File-sharing site The Pirate Bay has shut down its tracker technology and replaced it with a new form of peer-to-peer network. The group claimed that the move was not down to a court order but [...]
Siôn Simon says “People who have done nothing wrong should not be in any danger of having their internet interfered with at all”.
Forthcoming laws to reduce the level of peer-to-peer copyright infringement with threats of disconnection will affect “hardly anybody, other than the most serious and egregious recidivistic offenders”, according to culture minister Sion Simon.
The [...]
The new EU agreement on telecoms regulation will make it almost impossible for film studios and music labels to force ISPs to disconnect customers who are suspected of illegal filesharing without first obtaining a court order.
That is the view of telecoms and copyright lawyers contacted by TalkTalk, the UK’s biggest broadband provider to homes and [...]
Internet users throughout Europe accused of illegal file-sharing are to receive more protection from being cut off by their service provider.
The European Parliament and Council is due to make a decision on its Telecoms Reform Package in late November.
The package will entitle users in all 27 EU states to be put through a “fair [...]
