Stephen Fry Panders to Small-time File Sharers
This man had, earlier this year, lent his name to Lord Carter’s Digital Britain. Today, he has once again come into lime light by delivering an impassioned critique of the over-aggressive approach of the entertainment industry. Another significant move by Cyberhero Stephen Fry that followed the criticism, was an admission to having used BitTorrent to [...]
Illegal File Sharing in the UK Broadband Declines
A survey carried out by Music Ally, involving a thousand of its music fans, has brought to light the fact that the percentage of people who downloaded music from unlawful file sharing sources on a regular basis, has declined to 17 percent in January 2009, from 22 percent in December 2007. Music Ally is a [...]
Illegal File Download Menace
According to an authentic survey carried out recently, approximately seven million people in the UK are using the broadband for illegal downloads. Because of this, the economy is loosing about ten billions of pounds, says the government advisors in their turn. A research disclosed that about 1.3million people were consuming one file-sharing network on a [...]
The BPI signs MOU with UK ISPs to reduce illegal file sharing
The BPI (British Phonographic Industry), the association of UK record companies has signed a deal (MOU) with the six largest internet service providers of the UK and the UK government to prevent illegal filesharing that takes places among the internet users. The Motion Pictures Association of America and BERR have also joined hands with the [...]
