Vintage Girl
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 Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject: Death of the Downloaders |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7522334.stm
| Quote: | Net firms in music pirates deal
Customers who illegally share music will get warning letters
Six of the UK's biggest net providers have agreed a plan with the music industry to tackle piracy online.
The deal, negotiated by the government, will see hundreds of thousands of letters sent to net users suspected of illegally sharing music.
Hard core file-sharers could see their broadband connections slowed, under measures proposed by the UK government.
BT, Virgin, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse have all signed up.
Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI, which represents the music industry, said: "All of the major ISPs in the UK now recognise they have a responsibility to deal with illegal file-sharers on their networks."
Mr Taylor said it had taken years to persuade ISPs to adopt this view. |
Does this spell the death of the downloading and sharing trend? Will the downloading brigade have to return to buying CD's and DVD's like the rest of us technophobes. What are your thoughts?
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