UK "Creative Industries" Call For File-Sharers Ban

siloko writes "An alliance of so-called 'Creative Industries,' including the UK Film Council, have signed a joint statement asking the UK government to force ISPs into banning users caught sharing illegally. In an 'unprecedented joint statement,' the alliance predicted a 'lawless free-for-all' unless the government ensured the 'safe and secure delivery of legal content.' The previous tactic of pursuing individual file-sharers in the courts appear to have been abandoned. 'Instead, [the government] should provide enabling legislation, for the specific measures to be identified and implemented in an Industry Code of Practice,' it recommends. One wonders how they remain 'creative' in their vocation when they keep on trotting out the same old story backed up by imaginary statistics (they claim 50% of net traffic in the UK is illegal content but provide no evidence for this figure). The BBC also has a blog entry dissecting their statement."

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You're missing the point

[castrox]

You're missing the point. They don't believe in this themselves, but they need to say something outrageous so that the politicians - the sheep they are - will listen to them. They're now behaving like a spoiled child that doesn't get whatever it points at - shouting like crazy.

I'd really like a way to filter out all consumer BULLSHIT from the Internet so they'd leave it the fuck alone. But they LOVE the Internet - as long as they control it and this is precisely what they're aiming at. A wonderful, democracy, information, development tool is instead used as a fucking commercial channel.

I can't stand the fuckers, really. Keep your fucking music and movies and stay the fuck away.