ISPs want record biz to stump bill for filesharing blunders
Hot on the heals of the news that the UK will soon implement a law requiring ISPs to ban people using filesharing services to obtain copyrighted material, the ISPs are stepping up and demanding that the record industry underwrites the cost of lawsuits brought up by people wrongly accused of downloading music illegally.
There is some concern that Internet users accused of dodgy filesharing who then turn out to be innocent might get a little pissed off. A document leaked to The Times has confirmed that the British government is going after people who use filesharing services illegally, so there will likely be repercussions.
It will be interesting to see how this British attack on filesharing pans out. What are people’s thoughts on this? If Britain and France lead the way, it’s likely only a matter of time before the rest of Europe follows suit. Makes some of glad that we don’t live in Europe any more.
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seth therrien 14Feb08
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irish jobs 14Feb08
it’s a tough one, but I don’t see it coming into play. I mean, many companies use torrents to distribute their software, some of the Linux distributions would come to mind here.