Home » 

UK ISP News Archives

 » 
Sponsored Links

EMI Calls on UK ISPs to Clamp Down on Illegal Downloads

Posted: 23rd Feb, 2009 By: MarkJ
The chief executive of EMI Music, Elio Leoni-Sceti, has called on UK ISP to clamp down on consumers that abuse their services for the purpose of downloading illegal music. Leoni-Sceti goes on to liken Britain’s broadband infrastructure to being like a leaky pipe.

EMI's research suggests that 20% of Britain's £1.3bn music industry comes from digital sources, which increases to 70% by volume consumed; 90% is believed to be illegal. Happily the 10% of digital music bought legally is growing at twice the rate of illegal downloads:

“Internet service providers play a significant role because they own the pipe,” he told the Sunday Times. “In England we know there is a lot of water and content filtering wastefully through the pipes across the country. The pipe owner has a responsibility to close the holes.”

However he does praise Lord Carters Digital Britain report, which recommended enforcing a national scheme of sending piracy warning letters to suspected abusers, as being an "encouraging sign".
Search ISP News
Search ISP Listings
Search ISP Reviews
Cheap BIG ISPs for 100Mbps+
Community Fibre UK ISP Logo
150Mbps
Gift: None
Virgin Media UK ISP Logo
Virgin Media £24.00
132Mbps
Gift: None
Shell Energy UK ISP Logo
Shell Energy £26.99
109Mbps
Gift: None
Plusnet UK ISP Logo
Plusnet £27.99
145Mbps
Gift: None
Zen Internet UK ISP Logo
Zen Internet £28.00 - 35.00
100Mbps
Gift: None
Large Availability | View All
Cheapest ISPs for 100Mbps+
Gigaclear UK ISP Logo
Gigaclear £15.00
150Mbps
Gift: None
YouFibre UK ISP Logo
YouFibre £19.99
150Mbps
Gift: None
Community Fibre UK ISP Logo
150Mbps
Gift: None
BeFibre UK ISP Logo
BeFibre £21.00
150Mbps
Gift: £25 Love2Shop Card
Hey! Broadband UK ISP Logo
150Mbps
Gift: None
Large Availability | View All
Sponsored Links
The Top 15 Category Tags
  1. FTTP (5468)
  2. BT (3505)
  3. Politics (2523)
  4. Openreach (2290)
  5. Business (2251)
  6. Building Digital UK (2233)
  7. FTTC (2041)
  8. Mobile Broadband (1961)
  9. Statistics (1778)
  10. 4G (1654)
  11. Virgin Media (1608)
  12. Ofcom Regulation (1451)
  13. Fibre Optic (1392)
  14. Wireless Internet (1386)
  15. FTTH (1381)
Sponsored

Copyright © 1999 to Present - ISPreview.co.uk - All Rights Reserved - Terms  ,  Privacy and Cookie Policy  ,  Links  ,  Website Rules