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UK ISPs Near Agreement On Illegal File Sharing

Posted by kdawson on from the and-you-won't-like-it dept.

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."

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  1. they won't prevent me from using emule by lapinmalin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm glad that Obama won in the US... but only in the US ok!

  2. why the hell by nomadic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hasn't the US presidential election been a story? You are all aware that we have a new president-elect, right?

    1. Re:why the hell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      and a historic one at that -- the first Muslim president. Say goodbye to all the Jews running the country.

    2. Re:why the hell by theaveng · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Lucky us he doesn't have a supermajority (60+ votes) in the Senate, otherwise the Democrats would be unstoppable, and we'd soon be as socialist as China.

      Or maybe Australia (with a firewall, "breath test" to search for porn addicts, filtering of content, and so on).

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    3. Re:why the hell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hasn't the US presidential election been a story? You are all aware that we have a new president-elect, right?

      ... yep ... and now we can stop talking about it, thankfully.

  3. Re:No problem. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't you think Obama will change that you get to choose where those dimes go from your pocket ?

    What else does "redistributing wealth" mean ?

  4. Re:No problem. by theaveng · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A fan of old movies and old music from the pre-WW2 era.

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  5. Re:No problem. by freedom_india · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I did and i also lost a bet on it.
    EUR 100.
    I was paranoid and obviously thought that Rove or Bush would be brilliant like Stalin,
    By bad.

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