March 2008
Mighty Boosh are mighty annoyed
The Mighty Boosh's Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt are reportedly angry at breakfast cereal Sugar Puffs for copying their singing style on a TV advert, The Sun reports. The comedy duo are taking issue with the cereal brand, famous for its Honey Monster character, for using their "crimping" singing technique. "A pal of the Mighty Boosh boys was lying in his pants watching daytime telly and saw the advert, a source revealed. "He rang the Boosh and congratulated them on their work for Sugar Puffs. They were baffled and checked it out on the internet. They hadn’t been asked permission to use the style and are speaking to lawyers about getting the Honey Monster’s crimp removed from the airwaves."
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ISPs to face legal sanctions over copyright theft
The Government is to warn internet service providers that they will face legal sanctions from April 2009 unless they take solid steps to curb the illegal downloading of music and films. The move would make the UK one of the first countries in the world to apply such sanctions. ISPs warn that it would be virtually impossible to check and prevent illegal downloads and cited data protection curbs on inspecting users' data files.
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Last night the entertainment industry announced the results of its first consumer tracking survey since it launched its new approach to tackling copyright theft in May 2007. The findings show a substantial shift in attitudes over just seven months against a similar survey at the start of the campaign, with three times as many people regarding copyright theft as ‘nothing to be proud of’.
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