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Never mind the child porn, stop the music pirates?
Six of the UK’s biggest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have agreed a plan with the music industry to tackle piracy online. The deal, negotiated by the government—after it blackmailed all ISPs that if they didn’t act, it would, to legislate—will see hundreds of thousands of letters sent to those suspected of illegally sharing music. For the music industry, however, this does not go far enough—they want all access to the Internet cut off for people who ignore repeated warnings, something the ISPs say they are not prepared to do.
tags: 9/11, Big Brother, civil liberties, crime, economy, hypocrisy, Internet Service Providers, July 7, lies, music industry, music piracy, state control, terrorists
