Solicitors at Ralli, a national UK law firm, are trying to rally gain support for pursuing Andrew Crossley's rival legal firm ACS:Law as part of a "group action for harassment" suit against their controversial illegal broadband ISP file sharing threat letters. Earlier this week the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) referred ACS:Law to a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) (here) after it sent "bullying" letters to those it had accused of having abused their internet connections for "illegal" copyright file sharing (p2p) activity.

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The introduction of Ofcom's Draft Code of Practice for tackling online copyright infringement by customers of UK broadband ISPs may have to be delayed. The government had hoped to rush the code, which is a necessary part of the controversial 2010 Digital Economy Act (DEA), into operation next year but the sheer complexity of the process and a number of other issues are believed to be holding it up.

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The UK Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) has officially referred the controversial solicitors firm ACS:Law (Andrew Crossley) to a disciplinary tribunal after it sent "bullying" letters to those accused of having abused their broadband ISP connection for "illegal" copyright file sharing (p2p) activity.

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The manager of popular music band U2, Paul McGuinness, has slammed broadband ISPs in the UK and around the world for "decimating the music industry" by profiting off the availability of FREE unlawful copyright file sharing (P2P) downloads. Some of the remarks almost mirror those made by U2's front man, Bono, last year (here) and show an equal lack of technical understanding.

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The Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) has confirmed that they are still investigating the controversial solicitors firm ACS:Law UK and have yet to reach a conclusion. The law firm has been accused of using bad practices for the way in which it sent threatening demands for money (settlement) to those "suspected" of using their broadband ISP connection to share (P2P) unlawful copyright files with others.

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The first consultation covering Ofcom's Initial Draft Code of Practice for tackling internet copyright infringement / unlawful file sharing (p2p) by UK broadband ISP customers (original news), a requirement of the Digital Economy Act 2010 (DEA), finished on 30th July. Since then Ofcom has slowly been publishing its mass of responses and we've linked a small selection of the most interesting ones below.

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The UK Performing Rights Society for Music (PRS), which represents 65,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, has revealed that the UK music industry was worth a total of £3.9bn last year; up 4.7% on 2008. Not bad considering the economic climate and especially after all the recent claims that "suspected" illegal P2P file sharing by broadband ISP customers was "killing" music.

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The UK Internet Service Providers Association ( ISPA ) has called on Ofcom to soft launch its Initial Draft Code of Practice for tackling internet copyright infringement by broadband ISP customers. The code is a requirement of the recently passed Digital Economy Act 2010 (DEA).

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