Lord Mandelson Defends Plan to Disconnect UK File-Sharers
Says providing customers with what they want is the best solution to fighting piracy, but in order to fully convince them they must be properly threatened. It was about 2 weeks ago that UK Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, who heads the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), and whom ultimately is tasked with implementing the recommendations for dealing with illegal file-sharing as outlined in the Digital Britain report , reportedly ordered his staff to come up with plans for a crackdown on illegal file-sharers that includes giving ISPs the power to disconnect repeat offenders ala a “three-strikes” graduated response system. It was denied at first, but later BIS confirmed the plan after determining the current timetable for fighting P2P , which stands at 2-3 yrs for a 70% reduction using a combination of notifications and technical measures, would take an “unacceptable amount of time to complete in a situation that calls for urgent action.” As such it said its “ thinking has evolved ” on the use of “further technical measures.” Lord Mandelson has rightly been taking a lot of criticism for the proposal, most notably from UK ISP Talk Talk which says it will “ strongly resist ” any efforts to force it to act as “Internet police.” He thus felt it necessary to respond in an op-ed written for the UK’s Times Online.
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