UK parents to face music if their wards are found engaged in piracy
July 30, 2008
As part of the UK government’s reforms to curb and combat internet piracy, parents are likely to face punishments for their children’s internet piracy act, as it amounts to breach of copyright. According to the law in UK, stringent measures provide that the households ignoring the warning will be blacklisted and will be under online surveillance
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Fergal Sharkey, the chief executive of British Music Rights, the body that represents musicians, said “This is stepping into the unknown for the internet providers, music and ministers. But we can’t go on without it. No business can survive after losing as much revenue as the music industry has.”
Baroness Vadera, who was responsible for bringing internet service providers and Ofcom, will outline the new measures to combat internet piracy. According to the plans, warning letters will be sent to such households informing them that they are being monitored. The second stage requires Ofcom, the telecoms body, to go ahead in leading the negotiations between service providers and the film and music industries regarding means to deal with blatant offenders.
According to the reports, Britain’s six largest service providers- BT Vergin Media, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse have already signed, giving their ascent to the scheme.
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