Some of the biggest names in British entertainment will tomorrow today call for Britain’s internet service providers to police their customers’ activity to stem the flood of online piracy and safeguard an estimated 800,000 jobs in the creative economy.The call, from a unique coalition of business and union leaders, comes as Lord Carter puts the finishing touches to his final Digital Britain report, due out on 16 June. As part of that process, Carter has proposed a Rights Agency, backed by media regulator Ofcom, which would bring the ISPs and media owners together to fight illegal peer-to-peer sharing of music, films and software.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/may/12/stopping-online-piracyCall to ‘disconnect UK file-sharers’
Persistent illegal file-sharers should be cut off from the net, an alliance of UK creative industries will tell the government on Tuesday.The alliance wants the government to force internet service providers (ISPs) to disconnect users who ignore repeated warnings about sharing illegal content.John Woodward, head of the UK Film Council, said illegal file-sharing was hurting film-making and risking jobs.
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