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You are not alowed to post tracklistings on GU anymore. It seems they don't want to get into trouble. Or go the way MixesDB went
The Government is to take action against people who illegally download music and films, under new “three strikes” rules to be unveiled next week.
Internet Service Providers will be legally required to take action against any of their clients who access pirated material, according to draft legislation seen by The Times.
Offenders will receive a warning email for their first offence, a suspension for their second and the termination of their contract if they do not comply.
Legal action will be brought against companies who fail to enforce this policy and users names and addresses may be made available to the courts.
BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor has called on ISPs to work with the music business to grow the creative economy.
“An internet that rewards creativity, while offering music lovers unprecedented choice and value for money, is in the long term interest of all of us,” he says.
“We simply want ISPs to advise customers if their account is being used to distribute music illegally, and then, if the advice is ignored, enforce their own terms and conditions about abuse of the account. But despite some agreements in principle, the ISPs refuse to do this on any meaningful scale.”
“For well over a year, the BPI has been trying to encourage ISPs to introduce reasonable measures that could remove the need to bring legal action against the 6-million British broadband customers that regularly use peer-to-peer networks to download music unlawfully, Taylor adds.
“This is the number one issue for the creative industries in the digital age, and the government's willingness to tackle it should be applauded. Now is not the time for ISPs to hide behind bogus privacy arguments, or claim the problem is too complicated or difficult to tackle. It is time they started showing some corporate responsibility and partner with us to allow our digital creative economy to grow.”
I wonder how long it will be before MS & TA start getting leaned on.
You are not alowed to post tracklistings on GU anymore. It seems they don't want to get into trouble. Or go the way MixesDB went
The Government is to take action against people who illegally download music and films, under new “three strikes” rules to be unveiled next week.
Internet Service Providers will be legally required to take action against any of their clients who access pirated material, according to draft legislation seen by The Times.
Offenders will receive a warning email for their first offence, a suspension for their second and the termination of their contract if they do not comply.
Legal action will be brought against companies who fail to enforce this policy and users names and addresses may be made available to the courts.
BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor has called on ISPs to work with the music business to grow the creative economy.
“An internet that rewards creativity, while offering music lovers unprecedented choice and value for money, is in the long term interest of all of us,” he says.
“We simply want ISPs to advise customers if their account is being used to distribute music illegally, and then, if the advice is ignored, enforce their own terms and conditions about abuse of the account. But despite some agreements in principle, the ISPs refuse to do this on any meaningful scale.”
“For well over a year, the BPI has been trying to encourage ISPs to introduce reasonable measures that could remove the need to bring legal action against the 6-million British broadband customers that regularly use peer-to-peer networks to download music unlawfully, Taylor adds.
“This is the number one issue for the creative industries in the digital age, and the government's willingness to tackle it should be applauded. Now is not the time for ISPs to hide behind bogus privacy arguments, or claim the problem is too complicated or difficult to tackle. It is time they started showing some corporate responsibility and partner with us to allow our digital creative economy to grow.”
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