Gov & ISPs Close Down Radio Pirates
Posted: 19th Feb, 2003 By: MarkJ
The government has enlisted the help of ISPs to work alongside its Radiocommunications Agency (RA), which is asking Internet providers to close down sites that promote illegal pirate radio stations:
In the past, the RA's focus has primarily been just on the actual broadcasters, and latest figures released this week suggest it is succeeding -- with the number of estimated active pirate broadcasters down by almost a fifth.
People or companies who advertise such broadcasters or provide premises are also liable to be prosecuted, and the Department of Trade and Industry is keen to point out that this includes people who promote pirate stations on the Web. An ISP that hosts promotional activity for a pirate radio station might also be committing an offence by hosting this illegal content, but there's no suggestion that the RA would seek to bring a prosecution against such a service provider.
"We're working with the Internet industry on the issue of Web sites that are illegally advertising these stations. When ISPs are made aware, they're keen to help by taking down these sites," a DTI spokesman told ZDNet UK News on Tuesday, adding that this is still a fledgling area for the RA.
The ZDNet item reports that ISPs have been happy to help.
In the past, the RA's focus has primarily been just on the actual broadcasters, and latest figures released this week suggest it is succeeding -- with the number of estimated active pirate broadcasters down by almost a fifth.
People or companies who advertise such broadcasters or provide premises are also liable to be prosecuted, and the Department of Trade and Industry is keen to point out that this includes people who promote pirate stations on the Web. An ISP that hosts promotional activity for a pirate radio station might also be committing an offence by hosting this illegal content, but there's no suggestion that the RA would seek to bring a prosecution against such a service provider.
"We're working with the Internet industry on the issue of Web sites that are illegally advertising these stations. When ISPs are made aware, they're keen to help by taking down these sites," a DTI spokesman told ZDNet UK News on Tuesday, adding that this is still a fledgling area for the RA.
The ZDNet item reports that ISPs have been happy to help.
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