By: MarkJ - 5 June, 2009 (9:13 AM) - Views: 1201 - Categories: Fixed Line Broadband, Illegal Downloads

The UK governments culture secretary, Andy Burnham, has all but confirmed that the final Digital Britain report from Lord Carter, which is due to be published on 16th June, will not require broadband ISPs to disconnect illegal file sharers. Instead methods that involve ways to "limit or restrict" such activity will be deployed.


There's no official word on precisely what method(s) will be proposed in the final report, although it's probably no coincidence that the UK film industry recently called for ISPs to restrict the broadband service speeds of illegal downloader’s (original news). Interestingly there was no hint of an Internet tax, which has been proposed before and would have been very unpopular.

Furthermore there is a serious need for the creative industry to stop living in the dark ages and provide more DRM free and fair priced content distribution methods, such as for recent film releases. We don’t all want to visit the cinema when there’s a far better quality home solution just waiting to be used.