mindbrane writes "Once in a while, a sidebar will throw a lot of light on a difficult problem. The BBC has a short piece on British ISPs' anger over proposed new laws governing file sharing in the UK. The new laws would include cutting repeat offenders... ...full story at slashdot
from slashdot on Wed, Aug 26 2009
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| 12 Feb 08 |
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UK Government To Terminate File Sharers' Net Access » slashdot An anonymous reader writes "New plans published by the UK Govt show that they hope to terminate internet access for people suspected of breaching copyright by file sharing. Under the proposed new laws ISPs who fail to enforce the policy will face... |
| 05 Nov 08 |
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UK ISPs Near Agreement On Illegal File Sharing » slashdot ISPreview UK writes "UK Music's chief executive, Feargal Sharkey, claims that progress has been made on a deal between the music industry and broadband ISPs to tackle illegal file sharing. The comments came during yesterday's annual Internet Service... |
| 29 Jan 09 |
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Carter pledges file sharing snoop laws » the register (uk) And broadband for all Digital Britain Lord Carter's interim report Digital Britain promises legislation to force ISPs to identify people using file sharing software, more promotion for DAB radio and a weakening of BT's universal service obligations.… |
| 12 Feb 08 |
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ISPs demand record biz pays up if cut-off P2P users sue » the register (uk) Money meets mouth on file-sharing legislation threats ISPs are calling on the record industry to put its money where its mouth is on illegal file-sharing, by underwriting the cost of lawsuits brought by people who are wrongly accused of downloading or... |
| 03 Jul 08 |
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G8 Summit Aims To Kill International Piracy » slashdot arcticstoat writes "Next week, the G8 summit will discuss proposals for new international piracy laws, which include border controls and cooperation from ISPs to identify pirates. The laws will also prevent ISPs from being liable for copyright... |
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