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... ...full story at slashdot
from slashdot on Thu, Jul 24 2008
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| 27 Jul 08 |
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Britain Cracks Down On Illegal Downloading!!! » digg Britain's six biggest Internet service providers have agreed to work with the government and music industry to clamp down on illegal downloading, a music industry association said Thursday. |
| 03 Jul 08 |
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Virgin defends file-sharing campaign (Jim Reed/BBC) » techmeme Jim Reed / BBC: Virgin defends file-sharing campaign — Virgin Media has told Newsbeat there is “absolutely no possibility” of taking legal action or banning internet users as part of a campaign against illegal file-sharing on... |
| 24 Jul 08 |
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ISPs To Send “Hundreds of Thousands” of File-Sharing Warning » digg According to initial reports, an announcement due later today will state that major ISPs in the UK have reached an agreement to work with the music industry to start mass warning file-sharers. The deal, brokered by the government, will see hundreds of... |
| 24 Jul 08 |
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Music industry to tax downloaders (Nigel Morris/The Independent) » techmeme Nigel Morris / The Independent: Music industry to tax downloaders — £30 ‘licence fee’ set to revolutionise illegal file-sharing — Internet users could face an annual charge of up to £30 to... |
| 05 Jun 08 |
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U2 manager slams Internet providers (Patrick Frater/Variety) » techmeme 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,... |
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