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Big Six UK ISPs Capitulate To Music Industry

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the your-ISP-is-next dept.

Barence writes "Britain's six leading internet providers have signed a Government-led agreement to stamp out illegal music file sharing. The six providers — BT, Virgin Media, Orange, Tiscali, Sky and Carphone Warehouse — will implement a series of measures against those found to be file sharing. Offenders may find their internet connection is throttled, or may even have their traffic 'filtered' to prevent media files from being downloaded. The ISPs are reportedly reluctant to impose the BPI's preferred 'three strikes and you're out' approach of cutting off users' broadband connections."

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  1. Filtering/inspecting... by anonieuweling · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Filtering/inspecting traffic implies taking responsibility implies getting lawsuits directed at ISPs for users' content.

  2. Don't. by getuid() · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they don't want you to listen to their music, don't. Don't download, don't listen, don't buy.

    Don't stea... I mean infringe copyright :-) either. Just don't.

  3. Re:This is the way we're all headed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    see, people ARE willing to pay for music and movies. they're willing to pay eight dollars a month for music and movies.

    frankly, that sounds like a fair deal to me.