Music biz in a tizz over filesharing talk
Coinciding with the BPI teaming up with Virgin Media to educate people about how to get legal music downloads, the music industry in Great Britain is allegedly voicing its concern that its negotiations with ISPS with regards to filesharing are being hampered by government plans to delay its consultation in anticipation of legislation in the new year.
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Andy Burnham spoke at the PPL AGM recently and made some references to several factors facing the music industry, including copyright infringement and filesharing. He also spoke of the sequencing of the ongoing ISP consultation, which caused a number of people to prick their ears.
It’s unclear exactly what implications these comments have, but it has a few people in a stir with regards to filesharing.
Filesharing hit the headlines in Great Britain recently after Virgin and BPI accounted that letters will be sent to people who use filesharing services to download copyrighted material. The letters will contain links to legal sites for music downloads.
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