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UK Says ‘No’ To Disconnecting File-Sharers, Sort Of
In November 2009, details finally became public concerning the UK Digital Economy Bill, which aimed to turn elements of Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report into law. Part of the proposals indicated that Internet users would face being monitored by the music and movie industries. Their ISPs would then be required to pass on copyright infringement notices based on evidence supplied by anti-piracy tracking companies.
Continue reading »UK “Three-Strikes” To Cost Consumers $800 Million p/yr
Means plan would unfairly require majority of population whom don’t file-share to pay for the failings of the entertainment industry. A new report indicates that an “ evolved ” plan by UK Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, head of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and whom ultimately is tasked with implementing the recommendations for dealing with illegal file-sharing as outlined in the Digital Britain report , to disconnect accused copyright infringers from the Internet will cost UK consumers more than £500 million ($799.5 million USD) annually. That means an individual “three-strikes” tax per broadband connection of approximately £25 ($40 USD) a year.
Continue reading »Was the Digital Economy Bill Consultation a Whitewash?
Last week, details finally emerged concerning the Digital Economy Bill. In a nutshell, the bill aims to turn elements of Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report into law. Internet users will face being monitored by the music and movie industries, and their ISPs forced to pass on infringement notices based on rights holder supplied evidence alone.
Continue reading »UK "Pirate Finder General" law innocuous now, could get ugly
The Queen announced on Wednesday that her government would deliver Internet piracy legislation; today it arrived in the form of the massive Digital Economy bill meant to modernize the UK’s approach to everything from copyrights to broadband to video game ratings to domain names. The bill contains no sanctions against suspected P2P file-swappers, but it introduces a “reserve power” that can be deployed whenever the Secretary of State feels that it’s time to bust out the switch and administer some beatings. The bill implements the Digital Britain report , which was completed earlier this year and attempted to chart a course forward for Britain in a high-tech world.
Continue reading »UK Govt Plans “2-Strikes” for File-Sharers Instead of 3
Will now only send one warning letter to those accused of illegal file-sharing before it implements technical measures that include Internet disconnection. UK Business Secretary Lord Mandelson and his Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has apparently been quite successful in lobbying for legislation to implement its “ evolved ” measures for tackling illegal file-sharing. So successful in fact, that a “three-strikes,” i.e.
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