Digital Economy Bill Pitfalls briefed to the Government

TalkTalk, the leading business broadband provider operating in the United Kingdom has told the Members of the Parliament and Peers last day that copyright content of the internet could not be protected by the Digital Economy Bill.

In the case presented by TalkTalk, one of the leading internet service providers in the country that offered broadband and home phone bundle packages it was categorically outlined that the Bill would only encourage the consumers to come up with fresh methods to tackle the implemented restrictions.

Furthermore, the broadband provider showed in its case, examples of a few of the tools, which were avalilable for the people currently to carry on with the illegal filesharing practices evading the restrictions.

The examples shown by TalkTalk included tools to rip cpyright material from iPlayer-like music players and the TV, non-UK websites, which streamed sporting events at pay-per-view, services that conceal the IP addresses of consumers with a view to avoid detection, and application to catalogue after downloading tracks from chosen artists by scanning internet radio stations.

Meanwhile, the broadband provider also stressed the point that financial requirements were not always the reason behind the users resorting to cppyright content theft, but a good number of people were simply irked by the restrictions – on the media on sales – by the digital rights management.