Official Ares Free Download

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- A mighty International hurricane is brewing, fomented by the corporate entertainment industry, with the Big 4 music labels out in front.

“ISPs around the world may be forced to snoop on their subscribers and cut them off if they are found to have shared copyright-protected music on the Internet, under an international agreement being promoted by the U.S.,” said the IDG News Service.

Promoted by America, Yes, we said, “but on behalf of the entertainment industry”.

Because as we’ve stressed repeatedly, the Three Strikes and you’re Off The Net ‘initiative’ touted around the world as individual plans is nothing but a part of a carefully orchestrated campaign to coerce milquetoast governments into  acting as corporate copyright agents  with taxpayers footing the bill, and local ISPs acting as enforcement cops against their own customers.

And leading the way at the moment is Britain, with secretary of state for business Peter Mandelson as the front-man, and the Digital Economy Bill slated for debate by the UK parliament.

However, Spain has now joined Germany in refusing to adopt the scheme.

It does not intend to disconnect Internet users who repeatedly ignore warnings not to download copyright protected content, Billboard has culture minister Angeles González-Sinde (right) saying.

The government “is not considering punitive measures for the end user of Internet,” González-Sinde stated during a TV show,  says the story, going on »»»

This ruled out following the three-strikes tendencies of France or the United Kingdom against illegal downloaders.

González-Sinde said the first thing to do is “attack the origin of all these products that are on the Web sites, as well as those who benefit from them.” She added that Internet piracy was “a very complex matter,” and would surely be very present in debates during Spain’s six-month presidency of the European Union that begins Jan. 1.

Meanwhile in the UK, First Secretary of State, Lord Mandelson, has been pushing the government’s plans to disconnect illegal file-sharers in legislation similar to the French “three-strikes” Hadopi laws passed earlier this year.

Mandelson said that the days of “consequence-free” web file-sharing are over, although he promises internet disconnections would only be used as a last resort.

Jane and John Q. Public

We’ll never know how many hundreds of millions of dollars Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music have squandered on their vicious worldwide media blitz designed to paint the men, women and children who share music  online as hardcore criminals and thieves — money which rightfully should have gone to paying and promoting contracted artists,  not to mention shareholders and investors.

In an ideal world, they’d now be reaping the vast financial benefits of tapping into the  burgeoning world of online digital music.

Instead, they’re reporting diminishing sales, which is hardly surprising given their sue ‘em all campaigns have been  publicising and promoting file sharing, the very thing they’ve been failing at enormous cost to crush.

Using ‘copyright infringement’ as their justification, they’ve attacked young children, dead grandmothers, people with serious medica conditions for whom undue pressure could cause potential fatal repercussions, all to no avail.

And their willing parners throughout have been, and continue to be, mainstream print and electronic news outlets.

The only people who haven’t had any say at all have been the ones who keep everyone in business — Jane and John Q. Public.

However the net and P2P are changing that.

Jane and John now have online voices which can’t be muted.

Stay tuned.

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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi

IDG News Service – Trade Talks Hone in on Internet Abuse and ISP Liability, November 3, 2009
coerce milquetoast governments – Three strikes world-wide, and a global DMCA, November 4, 2009
joined Germany – Germany says ‘No!’ to 3 strikes law, October 28, 2009
Billboard – Spanish Govt Rules Out Three-Strikes Law, November 5, 2009

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