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news Originally the Digital Britain report, published in June, gave Ofcom until 2012 to consider whether technical measures to catch pirates were necessary.
However, according to a statement from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) released on Tuesday, that timeframe is now considered “too long to wait”.
Stephen Timms, minister for Digital Britain, said: “We’ve been listening carefully to responses to the consultation this far, and it’s become clear there are widespread concerns that the plans as they stand could delay action, impacting unfairly upon rights holders.”
It proposes that internet service providers (ISPs) are obliged to take action against repeat infringers and suggests that the cost of tracking down persistent pirates be shared 50:50 between ISPs and rights holders.
The proposal has been welcomed by the BPI, which represents the recorded music industry in Britain.
“‘Digital piracy is a serious problem and a real threat to the UK’s creative industries,” it said in a statement.
“Today is a step forward that should help the legal digital market to grow for consumers.”
BIS denied that it had changed its position since the publication of Digital Britain and said that the recommendations were open to consultation.
“We are simply adding new ideas to the table that could potentially make the whole system more flexible and provide a quicker way to bring in technical measures,” it said in a statement.
It is estimated that half of all the traffic on the net in the UK is content that is shared illegally.
The UK government has set a target of reducing the problem by at least 70%
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news Peer-to-peer networks are likely to be the main targets of any anti-piracy legislation.
At network level, internet service providers are able, if asked, to identify the particular machines from which music or other content is being illegally downloaded.
But non-network piracy methods, including using instant messaging, e-mail, music blogs, bluetooth and iPod ripping, are on the rise.
It is likely that legislation will be too slow to catch pirates, thinks Mr Mulligan.
“Technology just moves quicker. Already we are seeing around 20 different alternatives to peer-to-peer piracy,” he said.
This week France’s constitutional court approved its revised anti-piracy plans.
The proposed legislation operates under a “three strikes” system. A new state agency would first send illegal file-sharers a warning e-mail, then a letter and finally cut off their connection if they were caught a third time.
Under the revised law, a judge must rule on the issue of whether to disconnect users.
The UK’s policy on file-sharing is due to be revealed next month.
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news The UK economy unexpectedly contracted by 0.4% between July and September, according to official figures, meaning the country is still in recession.
It is the first time UK gross domestic product (GDP) has contracted for six consecutive quarters, since quarterly figures were first recorded in 1955.
But the figures could still be revised up or down at a later date, because this figure is only the first estimate.
GDP measures the total amount of goods and services produced by a country.
The pound fell sharply after the figures were released, reflecting the fact that many observers had expected the UK to have grown during the quarter.
It was down 1.7% against the dollar, at $1.6323, and down 1.9% against the euro, at 1.0859 euros.
Quarterly growth of 0.2% had been expected in the figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), although expectations had been tempered by recent figures showing no growth in retail sales in September, and a 2.5% decline in industrial output in August.
The unexpected decline in the services sector was the key factor behind the drop, with the distribution, catering and hotels sector performing particularly badly.
The UK economy’s reliance on the service sector, and financial services in particular, may be the reason why it is still in recession when partners such as France and Germany exited in the second quarter of this year.
The economy contracted 5.2% compared with the same period last year, which was marginally better than the record figure of 5.5% in the previous three months.
It has now contracted 5.9% from its peak before the recession began.
The worse-than-expected GDP figures are likely to make the Bank of England consider extending its policy of quantitative easing.
Quantitative easing is the central bank’s policy of printing money and using it to buy bonds from banks and other companies to help stimulate the economy.
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news The Red Cross says relief workers are being kept out of South Waziristan region, where the Pakistani army is mounting an anti-militant offensive.
A senior official said there was evidence that the level of civilian casualties there was rising sharply.
He added that aid workers faced “very heavy restrictions on access”, mainly because of the heavy fighting.
His comments come on a day that has seen at least 23 people killed in bomb attacks in northern Pakistan.
At least 16 wedding guests – most of them children – were killed when their minibus hit an explosive device in the tribal area of Mohmand, about 35km (22 miles) from the district capital, Ghalnai.
A suicide bomber killed seven other people near an air force base 60km south-west of the capital, Islamabad.
And in Peshawar, a car bombing wounded at least 15 people – the first attack in the city since the army began its offensive in nearby South Waziristan.
The International Committee of the Red Cross’s head of operations for South Asia, Jacques de Maio, said reports from people who had managed to flee South Waziristan – and other areas of northern Pakistan where the army was battling militants – suggested that the number of civilian casualties had surged.
“What we see now is a sharp and extremely worrying increase in the number of civilian casualties,” he told journalists.
“Aid must reach those who need it. We see effective and unobstructed medical services for the sick and wounded as imperative, followed by assistance to IDPs [internally displaced people] and host families.
“To achieve this… humanitarian access must expand and reach a meaningful level.”
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