The BBC reports: The French National Assembly will vote on Tuesday to decide whether to allow the authorities to cut illegal downloaders off from the web. The hard-line policy has drawn worldwide attention as nations around the globe grapple with the issue of piracy. An earlier version of the bill was ruled unconstitutional and a…
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Rock stars slam disconnection plan for pirates
Asher Moses reports: Some of the biggest names in the music business, including Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney, have slammed the record labels’ plans to disconnect from the internet people who are caught repeatedly downloading music illegally. The artists label the plans backward, illogical, expensive and “extraordinarily negative”. The movie and music industries…
Software lobby joins calls for filesharer disconnection
Anti piracy software lobby group the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has said that it backs disconnecting users who repeatedly engage in software piracy. The group said that the move was necessary because of the failure of other strategies. “Some anti-piracy content identification and filtering technologies may play a useful role in deterring piracy in some…
UK file-sharers to be ‘cut off’
The UK government has published new measures that could see people who illegally download films and music cut off from the net. The amendment to the Digital Britain report would see regulator Ofcom given greater powers to tackle pirates. The technical measures are likely to include suspending the net accounts of “hardcore copyright pirates”. It…