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The business secretary, Lord Mandelson, today promised that the three-strikes banning system would be in place by 2011 to clamp down on online piracy.
The trial is set to begin with warning messages being sent throughout 2010, and if piracy does not decrease by 70% by April 2011, then banning orders would be sent.
Citing stats which show that only 1 in 20 music downloads in the UK were lawful, Lord Mandelson is keen to use account suspensions as a deterrent.
Looking at the target, of 70% decrease, it will almost certainly mean that suspensions will have to occur, because the target is simply unrealistic. Those that want to protest this action might themselves and encourage others to download even more illegal music, to raise the piracy rate by April 2011 as a sign of protest.
The UK ISP association and major ISPs, the government's own Digital Britain report, the police and Britain's intelligence agency MI5, musician and composer groups have all come out against the proposal. A recent poll suggested that 70% of all citizens were also against the proposal.
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The trial is set to begin with warning messages being sent throughout 2010, and if piracy does not decrease by 70% by April 2011, then banning orders would be sent.
Citing stats which show that only 1 in 20 music downloads in the UK were lawful, Lord Mandelson is keen to use account suspensions as a deterrent.
Looking at the target, of 70% decrease, it will almost certainly mean that suspensions will have to occur, because the target is simply unrealistic. Those that want to protest this action might themselves and encourage others to download even more illegal music, to raise the piracy rate by April 2011 as a sign of protest.
The UK ISP association and major ISPs, the government's own Digital Britain report, the police and Britain's intelligence agency MI5, musician and composer groups have all come out against the proposal. A recent poll suggested that 70% of all citizens were also against the proposal.
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