[pp.int.general] Mandelson wants crackdown on filesharing

[W Tovey]

If anyone wants more details, there is an official statement from the 
Department of Business, Innovation and Skills here: 
http://nds.coi.gov.uk/clientmicrosite/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=408001&NewsAreaID=2&ClientID=431 
and a transcript of Mandelson's speech to the C&BINet forum here: 
http://www.cabinetforum.org/blog/lord_mandelson_speech_transcript_on_p2p_copyright_and_creative_industries/ 
.

Apparently this was at a government-sponsored forum to debate copyright 
issues; the key note speech was given by the CEO of Vivendi and looking 
through the guest speakers list, I'm not sure how they hoped to have any 
sort of fair "debate" on copyright.

PPUK are working on some form of official response at the moment.
-- 
Duke

Chief Administrative Officer, Pirate Party International
Policy Group Leader, Pirate Party UK

Alex Foti wrote:
> Mandelson confirms file-sharing crackdown
> Business secretary confirms that persistent illegal file sharers could
> have their broadband accounts suspended as part of the UK government's
> plan to curb online piracy
> Read more >>
> http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/LKDIB/M9D1S/PRFP6K/TJJO3/36/t

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