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[kitz]

UK anti-piracy law gets green light as BT and TalkTalk lose appeal.

Internet service providers BT and TalkTalk lost their appeal today against the legislation, designed to prevent Web users from infringing copyright. The legal road is now clear for the law to instruct ISPs to send warning letters to customers suspected of sharing copyrighted material such as movies, music and software.

ISPs could then be instructed by court order to cut off the Internet connection of those who breach copyright

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/uk-anti-piracy-law-gets-green-light-as-bt-and-talktalk-lose-appeal-50007237/

[roseway]

I suppose it was inevitable, but it's not good law. I wonder how long it will be before the first innocent people start getting hounded.

[Oranged]

I saw an absolute classic comment by Michael Coyle on the Lawdit site yesterday :

http://www.lawdit.co.uk/reading_room/room/view_article.asp?name=../articles/1541-Pirate-bay-doomed.htm

The genie is forever out of the bottle whilst sitting on the horse that has bolted from the stable.

[BritBrat]

I think VPN will be in use a lot more now, that and seed boxes or what ever system provides protection of privacy.

I will laugh when a MP gets one of those letters, they will you wait and see.