Patrick Frater / Variety: U2 manager slams Internet providers — McGuinness likens ISPs to ‘shoplifters’ — U2 manager Paul McGuinness launched a blistering attack on the world's Internet providers Wednesday,... ...full story at techmeme
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U2's Manager Calls For Mandatory Disconnects For Music Downloaders » slashdot sleeplesseye writes "In a speech at the Midem music industry convention in Cannes, Paul McGuinness, longtime manager of the band U2, has called on Internet service providers to immediately introduce mandatory French-style service disconnections to end... |
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U2 manager blasts telco pigopolists » the register (uk) Don't play the innocent with me Midem There's another kind of pigopolist, U2's manager Paul McGuinness said today: the giant network operator who profits from music, but doesn't give anything back. McGuinness used a keynote slot at the world's biggest... |
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U2 Tracks Leak After Bono Plays Stereo Too Loudly » digg U2 manager Paul McGuinness, who wants file-sharers to be disconnected from the Internet, has something else to complain about today. Four songs from U2’s upcoming album ‘No Line On The Horizon’ have been leaked online after Bono played them too lou... |
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Big Six UK ISPs Capitulate To Music Industry » slashdot Barence writes "Britain's six leading internet providers have signed a Government-led agreement to stamp out illegal music file sharing. The six providers — BT, Virgin Media, Orange, Tiscali, Sky and Carphone Warehouse — will implement a... |
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U2 manager urges ISPs to help fight web piracy (Ben Fenton/Financial Times) » techmeme U2 manager urges ISPs to help fight web piracy — The music industry should shift the focus of its battle with internet piracy towards the technological industries which have “built multibillion dollar industries on the back of our... |
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