UK Government comes down on filesharing

We knew it was going to happen. The UK Government this week has turned the screws on ISPs to crack down on illegal filesharing. New laws have been promised if ISPs can’t come up with a solution to tackle filesharing.

Illegal filesharing needs to be stopped, apparently, and legal music downloads need to take its place. Yeah right, like that’s going to happen. There have been rumors that illegal filesharing will be combated with a “three strikes” system leading up to Internet connections being cut.

The new filesharing law won’t come into effect until next April. ISPs, however, seem reluctant to come out with plans to deal with filesharing. After all, filesharing is incredibly popular and the backlash will be enormous.

It’s all very vague at the moment but filesharing in the UK could soon leave a lot of people without access to the Internet, greatly affecting the business of ISPs.

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Posted on 19 February 2008 by mike in Filesharing