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2008 may be the year that the war on piracy really picks up in the UK as the Government has ‘given notice’ that it intends to get tougher on pirates, and to include ISP’s in the solution.
One area that could make a significant impact would be the plans to ban camcorders from cinemas or at least make it a criminal rather than civil offense, on the basis that an amazing 9 out of 10 pirates films first get onto the market as camcorder copies!
Threatening to suspend the service of ISP’s that break the law is another initiative been suggested by the film industry, who estimated that piracy cost them £800 million in 2005. It may seem somewhat harsh on the ISP’s but in France they are pushing a “3 strikes and you are out” policy whereby repeat offenders are banned from having access to the web.
Via [Times Online]
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