Bonjour! My name is Sebastian Mysko, I work with Chris at Wolfstar, and will be offering comment on the Enlightening Broadband Blog.
This morning I caught up on my podcasts and came across an interesting debate on the Guardian's Tech Weekly. Since the pre-millennium days of Napster, online filesharing has certainly been on a journey through the legal world. It seems that once and for all the government is demanding an agreed solution before April 2009, or legislation will be created to combat the issue. With the help of a new government voluntary strategy, it's now up to ISPs and the music industry to work together. Nick Langman, director general of ISPA believes: "the strategy is a way of dealing with infringing copyright that is legal, workable and economically sustainable."
So for anyone who has been taking advantage of freebie online downloads, listen up - this is what's being proposed:
THREE STRIKES AND YOU'RE OUT!
1) You will receive a letter making you aware of the fact your account is "being abused".
2) Should you continue to play with fire... you will receive another letter warning you that your account will be suspended if you carry on.
3) YOU'RE OUT! Account cancelled - terminated - FINITO!
So at least for the meantime, the choice is yours - proceed with caution is my advice. Stop being lazy, and research the hundreds of good quality FREE podcasts and MySpace bands that are available - and start paying the few for your music downloads and put something back into the industry.
The South Park team have got a different, but slightly amusing view:
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