I read another blog recently that ranted and raved about the desire record industry companies recently made to Net Service Providers to enforce anti-piracy on their servers and networks. The blog was not in favor of that move and I wholly agree that it is not the responsibility of another industry to assemble up for the problems facing the record industry. True, it would likely be prudent for ISPs to check for anti-piracy issues on their networks, but in the towering run it has to be about keeping your own customers and not alienating others with threats against their privacy.

The British government seems poised to deal with the dynamic of that problem directly, after music industry trade groups there asked the government to take action. According to Billboard, the move to fight illegal file-sharing is “intended to ensure the prosperity of the country’s creative industries” by taking legislative action as early as 2009 whether the music industry and ISPs do not find a common ground. Legislators have plus

vowed to protect privacy in the face of these challenges. Unfortunately, the challenges of ISPs providing anti-piracy clean-up for the music industry does fly in the face of privacy issues, even whether that means protecting the act of illegal file-sharing.

The Australian government has plus taken a similar stance, but is keen to implement a “three-strike proposal” where illegal file sharers would be issued warnings before a suspension of access and eventual cancellation. Still, the plan would require ISPs to monitor user traffic and infringe on privacy issues, reports Billboard. Web industry trade groups in Australia have plus defended the position of not adopting these types of policies or “taking responsibility of illegal operations on their networks” considering “present legislation already covers copyright infringement, and these should be used against illegal downloaders.”

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Original post by Richard Driver

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