UK P2P Fight Brewing

forunder writes "Zeropaid has been covering a very hot topic going on in the UK right now. The government, prodded by entertainment lobbyists, has gotten six UK ISPs to agree to help police piracy on their networks. A leaked government letter says they are looking to cut internet piracy by 80%. In the same week Microsoft released a study which found that some 54% of UK file sharers are between 11-16. The UK's Green Party has already spoken up, calling the new policies an 'Attack on Civil Liberties.'"

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How to cut internet piracy by 80%

[patio11]

Release a CC song as good as any one by Britney Spears.

Re:How to cut internet piracy by 80%

[Anonymous Coward]

Release a CC song as bad as any one by Britney Spears.

There, fixed that for you.

Re:How to cut internet piracy by 80%

[khakipuce]

Yeah but he was flat-chested and had awful legs

Re:Pointless

[Goffee71]

I look forward to the debate hitting the House of Lords: Leader of the House: "Next motion - changes in copyright law to proscribe peer-to-peer file sharing."

Lord Knob: "Hold on one moment, we're the peers! We share files all the time. Law rejected!"

Lady Felch: "I've got a file! And a drill, in the garage next to my Range Rover, do you want to borrow it?"

House: "Murmur, murmur, mumble, Agreed!"

Re:It's summer, and Slashdot is trolling

[jcd2025]

1.5tb of movies? Im assuming you didnt count pr0n in your movies category.

Bad UK P2P, bad!

[codeButcher]

I like brewing! Why on earth do they want to fight that?

Not that I have RTFA or even the B'ing Summary, but still....

Re:A Microsoft study says what?

[Opportunist]

It should probably say "54% of 14 year olds don't know yet that you better shut up when you break a law while most adults wised up when they grew up".