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Entertainment cartel UK 3 Strikes Plan stalled
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Efforts by the Hollywood and Big Music to have their Three Strikes anti-P2P business plan forced into law in Britain before the next elections look doomed to failure, for the moment, at least. Conservative shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt (right) says he doesn’t believe the Digital Economy Bill will get through Parliament before then, “even with Tory support,” according to Times Online , which goes on: “The Conservatives back most of the proposals, which include disconnecting persistent internet pirates,” the so-called ‘graduated response’ developed by Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music, and Disney, News Corp, Time Warner, Viacom, NBC Universal and Sony Pictures, it says. And it’s just been revealed that secretary of state Peter Mandelson, who’s representing the entertainment industry in Britain, is demanding changes to the bill.
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