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Responses published in September 2009
Wednesday, 30th September 2009
Don’t cut off illegal file sharers, urge BT and Carphone Warehouse
The two biggest internet service providers vowed yesterday to derail Lord Mandelson’s plans to disconnect persistent file sharers. Charles Dunstone, chief executive of Carphone Warehouse, said that his company would refuse to slow down or cut off customers’ access unless ordered to do so by a judge. BT said that tampering with connections would “result in millions of aggrieved broadband consumers facing rising costs and a poorer internet experience”.
Source: Times
Monday, 28th September 2009
Age ratings plan to fight internet piracy
Charles Dunstone, chief executive of Carphone Warehouse, which operates the TalkTalk broadband network, says a scheme allowing broadband customers to choose age ratings for their internet connections could help prevent piracy at its source and reduce the need for legislation to punish file-sharers.
Source: FT
Monday, 28th September 2009
The music industry's future may not depend on charging for songs
Tony Wadsworth ran EMI for a decade and is chairman of the British Phonographic Industry. He tells Ian Burrell about the changes the business must make in order to survive.
Source: The Independent
Friday, 25th September 2009
Musicians come out in favour of slower broadband
Pop star Lily Allen joined almost 100 other British musicians at a heated three-hour debate to discuss how to tackle illegal music downloading. The attendees agreed perpetrators should not have their internet accounts suspended, as ministers have suggested. Instead, they released a statement saying persistent offenders should have their bandwidths "squeezed".
Source: BBC News
Thursday, 24th September 2009
Broadband tax 'to be made law'
The controversial broadband tax proposed as part of the Digital Britain Report should be law before the next election, according to Minister for Digital Britain Stephen Timms. Speaking at a debate in London, Mr Timms said the tax will be presented to parliament as part of the Finance Bill. The 50 pence a month tax will apply to everyone with a fixed line telephone.
Source: BBC News
Thursday, 24th September 2009
BT to double the reach of its fast broadband network by 2011
New technology should be available to 75% of UK within two years, bringing internet access at up to 24Mb per second.
Source: The Guardian
Thursday, 24th September 2009
Mandelson defends plan to disconnect download pirates
Lord Mandelson will try to quell the furore over his proposals to disconnect online pirates today as some of the biggest names in music assemble at an emergency meeting to hammer out a joint position on filesharing. The business secretary will today visit the BRIT school for performing arts, where he is expected to try to temper the debate around the government's proposals to tackle illegal filesharing, while stressing copyright holders must be protected.
Source: The Guardian
Thursday, 24th September 2009
Discordant notes over file sharing
Mark Owen - a partner at Harbottle & Lewis - writes in the Times that the government has so far failed to assist in finding a solution to filesharing. It has weighed progress down with endless and repetitive consultations, quangos, a succession of minor ministers and the deadening regulatory language of "stakeholder groups" and "evidence-based solutions" he writes. Article attached.
Source: Times
Wednesday, 23rd September 2009
Lily Allen: It's artists who should control the distribution of their music
Lily Allen discusses file-sharing in a column in the Independent. She believes the government is right to suspend the internet accounts of people who illegally download music.
Source: The Independent
Tuesday, 22nd September 2009
Why Lily Allen Is Right About File-Sharing
A blog posting on the NME website from Luke Lewis analysing the debate on illegal downloading.
Source: NME
Tuesday, 22nd September 2009
Elton John backs crackdown on music piracy
Sir Elton John has come out in support of measures to crack down on music piracy by cutting off the internet connections of persistent illegal filesharers.
In a letter to the business secretary, Lord Mandelson, he said: "I am of the view that the unchecked proliferation of illegal downloading (even on a "non-commercial" basis) will have a seriously detrimental effect on musicians, and particularly young musicians and those composers who are not performing artists."
Source: The Guardian
Monday, 21st September 2009
Music industry talks break down in illegal downloading row
The music industry dispute over illegal downloading intensified yesterday after talks between record labels and the Featured Artists Coalition broke down.
Source: Times
Thursday, 17th September 2009
Blockbuster films on TV
Mark Lawson notes that the viewing figures for TV screenings of blockbuster movies are still high, despite the ease of availability of films via a multitude of other platforms.
Source: The Guardian
Wednesday, 16th September 2009
French 'pass' piracy legislation
The French National Assembly has narrowly passed a draft law that would allow illegal downloaders to be thrown off the net. The document will only be adopted definitely if a commission - made up of seven senators and seven deputies - can agree a joint version in the next few days.
Source: BBC News
Tuesday, 15th September 2009
Parliament to vote on updated version of anti-piracy bill
French parliamentarians are set to vote on an amended version of a controversial anti-piracy bill today following an acrimonious debate between supporters of intellectual property rights and advocates of open access to information– the so-called “geeks”.
Source: France24
Tuesday, 15th September 2009
Ofcom to regulate VOD content
Regulator Ofcom has announced that online video-on-demand services such as the BBC iPlayer and Channel 4’s 4OD service are to be regulated.
Source: Digital Spy
Tuesday, 15th September 2009
Tories back opposition to file-share plan
The Tories attacked Lord Mandelson’s plans to disconnect internet users who illegally download films and music, adding political weight on Monday to the growing backlash against the proposal.
Source: FT
Monday, 14th September 2009
Music Artists Oppose Cut-Off Policy for Illegal UK Broadband File Sharers
ISP Review comments on the statement from the The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) which announces its opposition to an amended government proposal that would force UK ISPs to disconnect customers suspected of illegal downloading.
Source: ISPreview
Wednesday, 8th September 2009
Connected to British Film and TV
Here are all of the news stories generated by our latest campaign, launched in The Sun newspaper, and supported by Nick Moran (Telstar and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels)
Talkin' wardrobe.. how's this for size?
Now it's time for director action
Film and TV stars back 'pay for downloads' campaign
Anti-piracy campaign aims to win over Generation Y-pay of internet users
Illegal Downloads 'Harm Brit Film Industry'
Stars back push for legal downloads
Actors say 'pay for downloads'
Stars back money for web downloads
Stars line up in latest campaign to tackle illegal film and TV downloads
Stars back money for web downloads
'Generation Y-pay?' refuses to pay for downloads
Connected to British Film & TV
'Celebs' call for people to pay for downloads
Stars back money for web downloads
Anti-piracy campaign aims to win over Generation Y-pay of internet users
Industry body rolls out campaign to tackle film piracy
Government attempts to provide piracy answer for Generation Y
UK anti-piracy campaign: pay or programmes won't be made
British Film and TV Stars Back 'Brollywood'
Stars back 'Pay For Downloads' campaign
Industry body rolls out campaign to tackle film piracy
Stars back money for web downloads
Celebrities join campaign to stop piracy
Actors say 'pay for downloads'
Anti-piracy campaign aims to win over 'Generation Y-pay'
Anti-piracy campaign aims to win over Generation Y-pay of internet users
Wednesday, 8th September 2009
Peter Mandelson doesn't 'get' the internet - and it shows
Article which looks at the Government’s plans to cut the internet connection of illegal downloaders, saying that the move is not the right one.
Source: London Evening Standard
Monday, 7th September 2009
Celebs Back Paying For Downloads Campaign
Stars of film and TV are backing a campaign to encourage people to pay for internet downloads. Richard Suchet reports.
Source: Sky News
Monday, 7th September 2009
Anti-piracy campaign aims to win over Generation Y-pay of internet users
The Guardian features The Trust’s latest campaign, ‘More positive message adopted to curb filesharing’
Source: The Guardian
Monday, 7th September 2009
Only 39% of web users will pay for TV and film download
Source: PC Advisor
Monday, 7th September 2009
Now it's time for director action
TOP film director Barnaby Thompson is backing our new campaign to stop illegal downloads and dodgy DVDs of movies and TV shows
Source: The Sun
Friday, 4th September 2009
Celebs Back Paying For Downloads Campaign
Stars of film and TV are backing a campaign to encourage people to pay for internet downloads. Richard Suchet reports.
Source: Sky News
Friday, 4th September 2009
YouTube in movie rental negotiations
YouTube is in talks with Hollywood studios to rent new release movies online. The move follows similar deals by Apple's iTunes and others.
Source: Independent
Friday, 4th September 2009
Lammy appeals to film and music industries to help tackle online piracy
Film studios and record labels should not rely on the threat of legal action to force consumers into buying their products, but instead work to help people understand the impact of filesharing, according to intellectual property minister David Lammy
Source: Guardian
Thursday, 3rd September 2009
BT, Orange and TalkTalk condemn plan to tackle illegal file sharing
ISP chief executives have written to The Times to criticise Peter Mandelson’s plans to disconnect users who illegally download music and films.
Source: Times
Thursday, 3rd September 2009
Creative industries and consumers’ rights
Letter from the Chief Executive’s of BT, Orange and TalkTalk in The Times
Source: Times
Thursday, 3rd September 2009
Broadband users' rights threatened by illegal download plan
Government plans to suspend the internet accounts of people who illegally download films and music are “misconceived” and “threaten broadband consumers’ rights”, according to the chief executives of Britain's biggest internet providers.
Source: Telegraph
Thursday, 3rd September 2009
YouTube and PRS make peace as musicians protest about plans to punish file sharers
Music videos return to You Tube website after a new licensing deal was reached with trade body, PRS. Also, a rift has opened between music's creators and its record labels, with a broad alliance of musicians fiercely criticising the plans to cut off the broadband connections of internet users who illegally download music.
Source: Guardian
Wednesday, 2nd September 2009
Mandelson nears broadband accord
The government expects the "imminent" resolution of a big difficulty on the road to ensuring all UK homes have broadband access by 2012, following a meeting yesterday between Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, and the five mobile phone companies. Reports say that they were now close to agreeing a final allocation of the radiowave spectrum.
Source: FT
Wednesday, 2nd September 2009
Sony set for global launch of 3D televisions by end of next year
3D technology looks set to hit the home consumer market next year, with Sony today announcing plans to sell 3D televisions globally by the end of 2010. Sony's decision to throw its weight behind the technology will be an important boost for the 3D industry, which has so far focused mainly on cinemas.
Source: FT
Tuesday, 1st September 2009
Peter Mandelson’s article in the Times on illegal file sharing
Taking something for nothing is wrong that’s why we must stop illegal file sharing and give the creative industries a breathing space.
Source: Times
Tuesday, 1st September 2009
Spotify set for the big time as regulators scuttle the pirates
Less than a year after launching Spotify has an audience running into the millions, and offers the music industry a viable chance to take on the illegal file sharing but the only problem is making it pay in the long term. This week could prove extremely significant in its evolution.
Source: The Independent
Tuesday, 1st September 2009
Creatives back copyright measures
A letter from prominent figures in the entertainment industries, such as BPI chief Geoff Taylor and Premier League chairman Richard Scudamore, in support of Government action aimed at curbing illegal filesharing.
Source: Times
Tuesday, 1st September 2009
Television executives reach for the reset button
Broadcasters, faced by plummeting advertising revenues, are at a critical moment. The consumption of broadcast media has fragmented across hundreds of cable channels, countless mobile phones, the YouTube broadcasting website, as well as TV's own digital ventures, such as Hulu and the BBC iPlayer. This all leaves the broadcast business at a critical moment.
Source: FT
