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UK ISPs To Face Piracy Deadline

Posted by kdawson on from the opening-envelopes dept.

superbrose notes that despite lots of legal difficulties regarding Internet privacy, the UK government is going ahead with plans to punish ISPs for allowing their customers to download illegal music and films. The claim is that there is "rampant piracy" in Britain with more than 6 million broadband users downloading files illegally every year. "The government will on Friday tell internet service providers they will be hit with legal sanctions from April next year unless they take concrete steps to curb illegal downloads of music and films. Britain would be one of the first countries in the world to impose such sanctions. Service providers say what the government wants them to do would be like asking the Royal Mail to monitor the contents of every envelope posted."

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  1. You never know... by man_of_mr_e · · Score: 5, Funny

    Service providers say what the government wants them to do would be like asking the Royal Mail to monitor the contents of every envelope posted.

    Don't give them any ideas...

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  2. I Suddenly Feel Religious... by Wandering+Wombat · · Score: 5, Funny

    The ISPs died for my sins.

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  3. Re:6 MILLION! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The claim is that there is "rampant piracy" in Britain with more than 6 million broadband users downloading files illegally every year.

    6 million?? This sounds like a job for . . . da - da da da . . . Hitler!!