UK Musicians Back Watered-Down "Three-Strikes" Rule

A brace of anonymous readers sent along coverage of UK musicians who have turned around to support three strikes, or a milder variant of it. What they suggest is more like "three strikes and you're hobbled" — after a third offense a downloader would be not disconnected, but rate-limited. The artists involved include Lily Allen, George Michael, and Sandie Shaw. The Guardian has more details. The final quote from the music industry, striking out at UK ISPs, is priceless: "BT is clinging on to an old business model which is supported by illegal downloading. That's not only unfair to artists and creators, but penalizes BT's many customers who use the Internet legally."

Comments

Re:Lilly Allen quitting over this

[Anonymous Coward]

Doesn't give me the right to lobby congress to pass laws

Ever hear of the Bill of Rights? You can do that and not be arrested! Now, you might get called a whore on Slashdot, but this is not a real forum anyway because of the moderators' lack of responsibility. It has become an advocacy site, where only posts consistent with the viewpoints of the file sharers get presented for discussion.

Re:Finally, some sense

[Dan541]

Congratz you are our 1 millionth dumb-shit of the week.

GET A FUCKING CLUE!