Government backs down on cutting off filesharers
Found on The Inquirer on Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Under the new scheme copyright holders will need a court order before they can punish persistent illegal filesharers.
This differs from the action that had been suggested by business secretary Lord Mandelson earlier this year, coincidentally just after having spent time as a guest of music publisher David Geffen in Greece.
This brown-nosing and bribery from the music industry needs to stop. Just because times change and an ancient business model doesn't work anymore does not mean that an ISP should be forced to protect this model.