Archive for internet piracy

Is Peter Mandelson heading to defeat?

4 September 2009 , , , , ,
Peter Mandelson’s desire to introduce stringent penalties for internet piracy look to be heading for deep trouble, with heavy criticism coming from senior businessmen, internet service providers and key parts of the music industry. First there’s this from paidContent:UK: The government’s revised, tougher plans to tackle online piracy have been dismissed as “grossly unfair” and “misconceived” by [...]

How the Tour de France encourages internet piracy

3 August 2009 , ,
I’m an occasional cycling fan. By which I mean, I love the Tour de France when it’s on the TV, pay a bit of attention to the Olympics and World Championships if British cyclists are doing well and otherwise ride my exercise bike now and again. So having watched British cyclist Mark Cavendish storm to [...]

Illegal file-sharing drops amongst music fans

14 July 2009
Not only is illegal file-sharing on the decline in Britain, but the biggest fall has taken place amongst teenagers. That’s the intriguing finding in an opinion poll from The Leading Question, who interviewed 1,000 music fans with broadband access and mobile phones, aged 14-64 in the UK face-to-face in January this year. The opinion poll reports [...]
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