According to the post "UK to get tough with illegal downloader" on My E-Commerce there are around 6 million people who are downloading files illegally throughout the internet in UK. Illegal material downloading such as music, movie and software. And thus from this act, will cause the industry to lose millions of pounds in revenue every year. This increase event of illegal downloading is because the Internet Service Providers Association (ISP) does not bear any responsibility for illegal file sharing as the content is not hosted on their servers.
But as an internet user, I think that the government should not only blame the internet user. This would impact ISP provider business in other ways. Many ISPs currently market their more-expensive internet accounts to file-sharers on the basis of 'unlimited' monthly usage. If illegal file-sharing is to be stopped by these methods, then home users may only require cheap low-use internet accounts. Moreover, if the ISP makes a false accusation and pulls the connection of an innocent person, the ISP will eventually bear the legal costs.
Although illegal downloading are against the law, but I believe that there are always better alternatives for all these.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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