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

[Andrew Norton]

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:17 AM, W Tovey
<will.tovey at pp-international.net> wrote:
> 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.

Yeah, i had been trying to get hold of an invite, or press pass i
could have passed on, but no such luck :-(

>
> 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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