Digital Economy Bill Mentions No Broadband Tax
The Digital Economy Bill of the Labour government carries no mention of the much talked about 50 pence broadband internet tax mooted originally as part of the Digital Britain report put forward by former communications minister Lord Carter. Since the government has laid out its digital economy bill programmes now, it seems the proposal has been [...]
Music Industry Patches up Differences with Three-strike Anti-piracy Policy
A recent turn out that happened within the music industry, saw the differing artists agreeing upon a more prudential solution of broadband providers issuing the online illegal file sharers three warning before taking any stringent action.
It has been reported that the music industry has decided through voting to back a three-strikes anti-piracy rule, according to [...]
Fighting Illegal File-sharers could Result in Broadband Price Hike
BT, the leading fixed-line broadband service provider in the United Kingdom has come up with an interesting revelation that the ongoing challenge of tackling illegal online file sharing upheld by the government on behalf of the copyright industry was likely to cause a hike in the broadband service charges in the country.
According to the estimate [...]
Mandelson’s War on Young Downloaders, Under Public Scrutiny
Lord Mandelson, the business secretary of the United kingdom seems to have trodden upon the spine of a badger by launching a crackdown on illegal downloaders of movie and music files over the internet. The fact that arouses distress in Mandelson’s mind is that the number of his targeted illegal downloaders equated with one in [...]
UK ISP Karoo Introduces Policy to Tackle Internet Piracy
The Hull-based internet service provider Karoo has been in spotlight recently after its reportedly disconnecting the customers suspected of illegal file sharing without prior warning. This action of the broadband provider had invited widespread criticism from the residents of Hull where the company is the sole broadband supplier enjoying near monopoly. Besides the residents, it [...]
