UK Govt Thinking “Evolves,” Will Disconnect File-Sharers After All
Says “urgent action” is needed and that the current timetable for fighting illegal P2P, which planned for harsher technical measures beginning in 2012, is “unacceptable.” It appears that UK Business Secretary Lord Mandelson and his Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) wasn’t bluffing after all when it was reported last week that he’d ordered it to draw up 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. BIS says that notifications and certain technical measures, i.e. such bandwidth throttling and data caps, against repeat copyright infringers had already been on the table, but that its “thinking has evolved” on the use of “further technical measures.” “In addition we are considering the case for adding into the list of technical measures the power, as a last resort, to suspend a subscriber’s account,” read a press release.
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UK Govt Thinking “Evolves,” Will Disconnect File-Sharers After All
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