Results tagged “internet service providers” from Birmingham Mail - Technobabble

Unions and businesses from the creative industries called for Government action today to require internet service providers (ISPs) to issue sanctions against customers who repeatedly download illegal content.

The London conference, called the Future of the Creative Economy, was led jointly by the UK Film Council and the Federation of Entertainment Unions, and hosted by Bafta.

It culminated in the launch of a set of recommendations to Government on a system for tackling the "damage" caused to the UK economy by illegal file-sharing.

The coalition called for the Government to require ISPs to use their direct relationship with their consumers to send notices to those customers who illegally file share and to introduce sanctions for those who ignore such notices and repeatedly download illegal content.

The recommendations included the statement: "We support early indications of Government's thinking that call on ISPs to send warning notices to offenders as a first stage of tackling the problem.

"We strongly recommend an additional option whereby, where multiple educational warnings are ignored by consumers, a graduated series of technical solutions are used which prevent further illegal activity, with a clear appeals process in place to protect consumers."

The law is currently still being formed on computer privacy.

Currently the internet resembles something like the 'wild west' with a fairly lawless frontier environment.

In most cases laws actually exist but few resources are dedicated towards enforcing them and protecting people - not least because there are no real borders online, so enforcing locally held laws is incredibly complex and difficult.

In my opinion one of the areas which certainly needs more attention is that of the 'tracking' programmes which seemingly get downloaded with great frequency, often contained in cookies.