It seems some politicians have discovered the commercial interest groups draconian and unchecked response to filesharing and found it lacking in basic fairness.
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9660/Green+Party+Calls+UK+P2P+Fight+an+%27Attack+On+Civil+Liberties%27/Finally some UK politicians are starting to realize the folly in having ISPs target suspected file-sharers, especially when the evidence comes from the entertainment industry and NOT from independent law enforcement personnel.
With reports that some 54% of UK kids are file-sharers along with the fact that the British govt plans to reduce P2P overall by some 80% is starting to raise eyebrows. For it means that large numbers of people will face sanctions from ISPs or more. Again, all without evidence obtained from unbiased sources.
The Green Party is warning that the agreement reached this week between the recording industry and the UK's six largest ISPs - BT, Virgin Media, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB, and Carphone Warehouse - is not in the best interests of musicians or music fans, and could have a "serious impact on net access for vulnerable people."
I think if the suggested 13% of the population vote for the green party following this support announcement a lot of the old-school-tie politicians will lose their seats and be left to wonder why, the answer is of course because they are not doing the job they have already been paid for, representing the peoples interests not their own and those of big coprporations with large pockets full of ill gotten gains made at the expense of recording artists and the consumer.
Lets be honest here folks all the while we say nothing and keep our voices silent they will stamp all over our rights, dont let this happen by letting them attack all the filesharing networks they cant control, that is their main goal after all, the monopolisation of all distribution channels.
In my opinion it's our role to bring news of their corrupt practices to the populace and the politicians, only then will the folly of allowing such a destructive group unchecked veto rights over UK internet usage be looked into seriously.
