The results of a public consultation carried out by the UK Government show that the majority of people are against an increase in the sentence for online piracy from two to ten years.
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Virgin Media is set to begin hardware trials for its SuperHub v3 modem-router combo. The device was spotted at the IBC Exhibition being held in Amsterdam.
BT is now the latest UK ISP to block access to The Pirate Bay website for its users, although The Pirate Bay has already launched some other IP addresses that go around BT's ban.
TalkTalk has become the fourth and latest UK-based ISP to block access to The Pirate Bay website for its customers, following similar moves by Virgin Media, Sky and Everything Everywhere.
A spokesperson for The Pirate Bay claims that the recent decision to block access to the site by six UK ISP operators has actually caused a huge surge in traffic to the site.
The High Court has ruled that all UK Internet Service Providers must block access to The Pirate Bay website, agreeing with record companies that site takes jobs away from the UK.
New research has shown that the customers of just three of Britain's leading ISPs are responsible for more than 60% of illegal downloads. Internet intelligence firm, Envisional, has been tracking music torrent downloads for...
Britain will impose legislation on Internet service providers (ISPs) by April 2009 if they do not work with the music and film industries to curb illegal downloading, the government said on Friday. The government released...
