I was caught downloading – and it felt like entrapment

A file sharer, preferring to remain anonymous, speaks to Surveillance News about getting caught by games developer Techland after illegally downloading one of their products two years ago. He suspects the company posed as a file sharer, posting a bogus games file to spy on any downloader’s IP address. A month later, he received a [...]

Lily Allen starts blog on filesharing

Lily Allen today launched a blog posting responses to her anti-piracy campaign from artists including James Blunt, Muse’s Matt Bellamy, Take That’s Gary Barlow and Tim Rice Oxley from Keane. She invites those who are against file sharing to reply to her directly and support her campaign for talks with the government and internet service [...]

Digital pirates and the big players: who will win?

This month Business Secretary Peter Mandelson announced plans to disconnect filesharers from the internet for downloading illegally. This comes after heavy lobbying from the creative industries who argue that hundreds of jobs will be lost if immediate action against piracy is not taken. But digital rights groups argue that ‘disconnection without trial’ is an infringement [...]

No internet for filesharers, says Mandelson

Downloaders will have their internet connections severed after the UK Government takes a tougher line on file-sharing. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson has proposed the measures halfway through the Digital Britain consultation, which originally ruled out such stringent action. Initially, downloaders would have received warnings followed by ISP action to slow down their connection if they [...]