TalkTalk Walks the Talk
UK ISP TalkTalk has staged a wireless stunt, aimed at illustrating why it thinks Lord Mandelson’s plans to disconnect filesharers is “naive”. TalkTalk has long been an outspoken critic of government plans to cut off persistent file-sharers. The stunt demonstrates how innocent people could be disconnected from the network if the plans become law. The British Phonographic Industry stressed that any new system would educate before disconnecting users. The music industry has been lobbying government on the issue of internet piracy. According to its figures, there are around 6 million active file-sharers in the UK.
The government is mulling whether to give regulator Ofcom the power to disconnect pirates who repeatedly download illegal content. It follows intervention from Business Secretary Lord Mandelson to beef up the file-sharing policy originally outlined in the Digital Britain report.
