Digital Britain on Filesharing
The Digital Britain report was finally published earlier this week, laying out new tactics for the UK's approach to filesharing.
"Ofcom will work with ISPs to send written warnings to those who are illegally sharing files with their peers," writes Telegraph.co.uk's Emma Barnett. "If the piracy continues, the ISPs will work with Ofcom to collect 'anonymised information on serious repeat infringers.' This information, plus the identity of the pirate, will only then be made available to the rights holders, i.e. the owners of the content, such as a music artist, on receipt of a court order."
In response, according to BusinessWeek's David Meyer, "Nicholas Lansman, the secretary general of the ISP Association, said the group was pleased the government had ruled out introducing legislation to force internet companies to disconnect persistent users of illicit P2P file-sharing."
"Music industry bodies were disappointed that the proposals did not go further, however," notes The Register's Chris Williams. "UK Music, which represents labels, collecting societies, music managers and the Musicians' Union said it did not believe the package would reduce piracy by 70 percent in two to three years, the government's stated aim."
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