UK: Why 3 Strikes When You Can Have 2 Strikes?

‘Lord’ (Mandy) Madelson is really going all out to do what Big Content want.
As many of you know, just a few months back Britain said there would be no way a ‘3 strikes’ regime would be introduced into the UK… but after Mandelson had a (lovely, we hear) holiday with media mogul David Geffin (who by coincidence (?)) also happens to be a multi billionaire, he came back and said not only was 3 strikes back on the table but other more draconian stuff as well.
Will someone kindly tell this moron if he’s going to be corrupt, at least be discretely corrupt like any self respecting politician.
Or if its not corruption, we sincerely wonder what the MAFIAA have over him… has he been diddling little kids or killed someone? Whatever it is, its got to be big….

The UK will now only send one warning letter to those accused of illegal file-sharing before it implements technical measures that include Internet disconnection.

UK Business Secretary Lord Mandelson and his Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has apparently been quite successful in lobbying for legislation to implement its “evolved” measures for tackling illegal file-sharing.

So successful in fact, that a “three-strikes,” i.e. two warning letters followed by Internet disconnection, graduated response system has been dropped to a mere two. That means accused illegal file-sharers will get a single warning before being locked out of the so-called information superhighway.

The govt says it will warn people at first, but if it proves insufficient it will begin disconnecting people beginning in the spring of 2011.

“It is good news for fans of British music that government is now introducing legislation to tackle illegal downloading,” said Geoff Taylor, chief executive the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). “The creative sector in the UK needs new measures implemented urgently that address this problem for now and the future if the UK is to lead Europe in giving consumers innovative and high quality digital entertainment.”

I guess this guy Geoff Taylor will be auditioning at the local comedy club soon…

Mandelson feels that the current timetable, which stands at 2-3 yrs for a 70% reduction using a combination of notifications and technical measures, would take an “unacceptable amount of time to complete in a situation that calls for urgent action.”

The Open Rights Group, a UK-based group of people who aims to preserve digital rights and freedoms, has roundly criticized the proposal, and notes that copyright infringement accusations can only be made against a connection and not an…

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