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UK ISPs agree deal on combating illegal file-sharing

UK ISPs have settled their long-running dispute with the music industry over illegal file-sharing in a new protocol agreement back by the government. The government had threatened to impose legislation on the industry if it did not reach an agreement on self-regulation. The agreement includes the ISPs Orange, BT, Virgin, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse. The deal will see the ISPs send letters to customers when their account has been identified as having been used to unlawfully share copyrighted material. The letters will point consumers to other sources of material available legally and in a variety of formats. ISPs and rights holders will also together produce a Code of Practice on how they will deal with alleged repeat infringers, and the government will consider ways to give the code legislative underpinning.

UK ISPs Agree To Help Tackle Music Piracy

The BPI (who represent the Britsh music industry) have agreed on a plan with six leading UK ISPs, which will lead to thousands of net users suspected of illegally sharing music receiving warning letters. The six ISPs who have agreed to co-operate are BT, Orange, Virgin, Tiscali, BSkyB and The Carphone Warehouse. Customers of those ISPs who are alleged of sharing music illegally by the BPI can expect to find warning letters coming to their doors, though there doesn't appear to be any threat of legal action attached to such letters. Consultation has also been under way, which suggests among other things, that serial file sharers could have traffic management imposed on their connections. The BPI itself has gone as far as to suggest a three strike system that would see internet connections cut off for persistent pirates.

ISPs to Ban P2P With New European Telecom Package?

An anonymous reader writes "ZeroPaid is reporting that ISPs could be turned into the copyright police through European legislation that received a number of "intellectual property" amendments. Many of these amendments can be found here. Judging by the amendments, ISPs could be mandated to block legitimate traffic in an effort to 'prevent' illegitimate traffic. To help stop this legislation, you can check out the action page. Additional coverage can be found on EDRI and Open Rights Group."

Why ISPs' "Stand" Against Child Porn Is Actually Not a Stand Against Child Porn

TechDirt has an insightful article on the recent push for ISPs to turn off Usenet access under the guise of fighting child pornography. Unfortunately, the "stand against child porn" isn't actually a stand at all, it seems more like ignoring the issue while trying to snag some headlines and good will. "Taking a stand against child porn wouldn't be overly aggressively blocking access to internet destinations that may or may not have porn (and there's no review over the list to make sure that they're actually objectionable). Taking a stand against child porn would be hunting down those responsible for the child porn and making sure that they're dealt with appropriately... Also, this sets an awful precedent in that the ISPs can point out that it's ok for them to block "objectionable" content where they get to define what's objectionable witho

Working With 2 ISPs For Home Networking?

An anonymous reader writes "This is, I think, a simple question — but one which I can't get the answer to. As a typical, but perhaps high-demand home user I would like to use 2 separate ISPs. ADSL is pretty cheap nowadays, and 2 x ADSL seems a better value than one fast one — especially in terms of reliability. If one breaks, at least the other will work. Using an old box as a router/firewall, how can I configure a system to use two completely separate ISPs in a sensible manner? Ideally, I'd like the load of my browsing to be balanced, but at the minimum, I'd want some kind of 'fail-over.' If I leave torrents running over night, I'd like the router to use whichever connection doesn't block the traffic — and preferably for it to reset the errant connection.

ISPs and music industry agree download clampdown

Internet service providers (ISPs) and the music industry have reached an agreement to clamp down on illegal downloads.

ISPs agreement on illegal file sharing could roll out across other sectors

An agreement by six UK ISPs to work with the entertainment industry and government to reduce illegal file-sharing, could become a model used across other sectors, according to an intellectual property lawyer.

ISPs target illegal music downloads

Six million Britons download music illegally a year. ISPs agree to write letters to those found doing this but how scary is that?

ISPs help target illegal file-sharing

Six of the UK's largest internet service providers (ISPs) have agreed to crack down on illegal file-sharing.

ISPs help target illegal file-sharing

Six of the UK's largest internet service providers (ISPs) have agreed to crack down on illegal file-sharing.

UK ISPs get tough over illegal downloads

Six of the UK's largest ISPs are set to announce today that they've signed up to a government-backed initiative that's designed to clamp down on music piracy.

UK ISPs get tough over illegal downloads

Six of the UK's largest ISPs are set to announce today that they've signed up to a government-backed initiative that's designed to clamp down on music piracy.

US ISPs Announce Anti-Child-Porn Agreement

An anonymous reader writes "It seems that ISPs have gathered together with 45 attorney generals and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to form an agreement to crush child pornography. What does that mean? Probably the same as it meant for RoadRunner, Sprint, AT&T and Verizon customers — the end of the newsgroups." Here's the back-patting press-release from the various parties who signed on (the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and the National Association of Attorneys General), though the actual text of the agreement does not seem to have been made public.

Major ISPs agree to target illegal British music downloads

Six million Britons download music illegally a year. ISPs agree to write letters to those found doing this but how scary is that?

Major UK ISPs turn copyright cops

p2pnet news view P2P | Freedom | Music:- UK ISPs have agreed to become hard-core corporate copyright cops to help Vivendi Universal (France), Sony BMG (Japan and Germany), EMI (Britain), and Warner Music (US) make sure music lovers toe the corporate line.

7digital help ISPs combat music piracy

7digital has launched a new range of download services in order to help ISPs (Internet Service Providers) offer their customers legal musicdownloads, following the BPI's recent crackdown on piracy.

7digital helps ISPs with legal downloads

7digital has launched a new range of download services in order to help ISPs (Internet Service Providers) offer their customers legal musicdownloads, following the BPI's recent crackdown on piracy.

UKs Biggest ISPs Agree To Warn Illegal Music, Movie Downloaders

Threatened with legislation by April if they fail to halt piracy, the UK’s six largest ISPs will today announce a plan to tackle illegal music and movie downloading by sending warning letters to thousands of customers.

Three UK ISPs Responsible for 65% of Illegal Downloads

New research from Envisional, an Internet analyst firm, has alleged that just three of the UK's largest ISPs were responsible for 65% of illegal music (P2P torrent) downloads during June and July 2008.

UK's Biggest ISPs Agree To Warn Illegal Music, Movie Downloaders

Threatened with legislation by April if they fail to halt piracy, the UK’s six largest ISPs will today announce a plan to tackle illegal music and movie downloading by sending warning letters to thousands of customers.

NEWS: Green Party condemns ISPs ploy against piracy

The UK Green Party has condemned a new ploy amongst ISPs to track down people illegally downloading content from the Internet.

eMusic rattles ISPs over legal downloads

The boss of Apple’s iTunes nearest rival eMusic has warned that recent deals struck between the music industry and UK internet providers could threaten the existence of legal sites. eMusic CEO David Pakman told the Financial Times that ISPs could lure customers away from well-known digital music sites by offering their own legal download services.

Malaysia Orders ISPs To Block Critical Blogs - Blames trouble-making blog-critics for poor political fortunes...

Techdirt points out that the Malaysian government has been trying to silence critical bloggers, who the government blames for their recent problems at the polls. The effort began with the government first (unsuccessfully) trying to pass a law forcing all bloggers to register with the government. When that didn't work, they apparently decided they'd force ISPs in the country to block access to blogs that are critical of the government. After the Malaysia Today website was blocked by state-owned Telekom Malaysia, the website quickly found a workaround for impacted users. In the end, all the censorship likely accomplishes is the creation of more critics.

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