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UK ISP Says No To Music Industry Pressure

Posted by kdawson on from the police-it-yourself dept.

siloko sends us to the BBC for the story of one ISP standing up to the music industry. (But note that this ISP is one of the ones said to have worked with Phorm on plans to track customers' surfing.) "The head of one of Britain's biggest internet providers has criticized the music industry for demanding that he act against pirates. Charles Dunstone of Carphone Warehouse, which runs the TalkTalk broadband service, is refusing. He said it is not his job to be an internet policeman."

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  1. Innocence by phorm · · Score: 5, Funny

    But note that this ISP is one of the ones said to have worked with Phorm on plans to track customers' surfing

    I know nothing of this, honestly!

  2. Neutrality? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    mod ISP +1 for standing up to gov lobbyists.
    mod ISP -1 for cosying with phorm.
    Net result: 0 points.

    Is this what they mean by net neutrality?

  3. conduit by esocid · · Score: 4, Funny

    He said: "Our position is very clear. We are the conduit that gives users access to the internet. We do not control the internet, nor do we control what our users do on the internet.
    Again with this british slang for tubes?
    --
    Absolute power corrupts absolutely. indymedia
  4. Re:Amazed by Tim+Browse · · Score: 5, Funny

    and viola - he now has a myspace/facebook/whatever account...

    Not to mention a stringed instrument!