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UK ISPs Near Agreement On Illegal File Sharing
ISPreview UK writes "UK Music's chief executive, Feargal Sharkey, claims that progress has been made on a deal between the music industry and broadband ISPs to tackle illegal file sharing. The comments came during yesterday's annual Internet Service Providers' Association conference in Eversheds, with an ISPA spokesman confirming that 'some kind of agreement between rightholders and ISPs can be reached,' adding, 'everyone wants to work together to make legal online models work.' The news follows July's crucial Memorandum of Understanding agreement between copyright holders and six of the UK's largest ISPs, which account for roughly 90% of the country's broadband market. The initial agreement approved a principal of sending warning letters to customers who have been accused of downloading illegal music or movies."
I already downloaded the Billboard Hot 100 for every year from the 1930s to 2007. I'm all set.
As for the newer stuff, they won't see a single dime from my pocket. I think I will survive just fine if I never-again hear Britney's or Rihanna's voices.
FOX NEWS.com should be BANNED from television and internet. Have the Congress take it over and give us Truespeak.
In the news today 80s popster Feargal Sharkey was complaining of the dearth of legal pay-for-download music companies:
"A good Mart these days is hard to find" he sang
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beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his mind he dreams himself your master
FTA: although some ISPs have tested warning letters with suspected customers.
I would have thought the first steps in correctly policing illegal filesharing was firstly to have a firm grip on who exactly your customers are..
And while I'm being pedantic:
The initial agreement approved a principal of sending warning letters to customers who have been accused of downloading illegal music or movies
And who's doing the accusing? the ISP or the music industry? Cos if I was the music industry I'd just accuse everyone in the UK three times and hey presto the UK is offline.
You want yo ban pr0n?
You insensitive clod!
The cake is a lie.
Squirrel!
> if half the resources were put into combating online identity theft, pornography or malicious hacking, these problems could be stamped out.
How exactly is pornography a problem?
GP was refering to the problem of pornography theft.
She made the willows dance
Perhaps they're just too busy shagging...
typing with one hand again I see...
If you think imaginary property and real property are the same, when does your house become public domain?