Better Throttling than Disconnecting, Says Musician
In the light of the latest events linked to p2p regulations, such as Lord Mandelson’s announcement for implementing disconnection plans and EU’s scheduled amendment for the current legislation which we reported earlier today , file sharers could still benefit from a discarded “three strikes” piracy model. One of the artists opposing such a model has always been Radiohead’s guitarist Ed O'Brien, who while not supporting UK government's decision to enforce the cutting-off plans, believes that something must be done to stop online piracy and he sees bandwidth throttling as a good solution. Here are some good points why “three strikes” legislation is, ultimately an aberration.
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Better Throttling than Disconnecting, Says Musician
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