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The UK government may crack down on ISPs over illegal file-sharing, a senior government official has suggested.

Speaking to the BBC, Lord Triesman — the parliamentary under-secretary for innovation, universities and skills — said it was likely that "there are going to be successful voluntary schemes between the creative industries and ISPs" over the issue. However, he added, a failure to reach such agreements could lead the government to legislate on the matter.

Many peer-to-peer (P2P) services are available which allow users to share any kind of file, and many of those are copyrighted material. ISPs in the UK have steadfastly maintained their standpoint that, because they do not host any of the material in question, they are not liable for it.

A statement on the website of the Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA) claims that ISPs cannot monitor or record the type of information passed over their network. "ISPs are no more able to inspect and filter every single packet passing across their network than the Post Office is able to open every envelope," the statement adds. "ISPs deal with many more packets of data each day than postal services, and data-protection legislation actually prevents ISPs from looking at the content of the packets sent."

However, Triesman said on Wednesday that "where people have registered music as an intellectual property, I believe we will be able to match data banks of that music to music going out and being exchanged on the net". He clarified his statement by suggesting that the government was not intending to go after "14-year-olds who shared music" — reminiscent of the approach taken by music bosses in the US — but rather those who distributed other people's copyrighted material via P2P for profit.

Telecoms lawyer Danny Preiskel told ZDNet.co.uk on Thursday that he was not surprised by Triesman's comments. "There is a lot of lobbying from major rights holders," he said. "It is hugely important that ISPA and the industry stay very alert."

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Video Comments:
english62 (November 14, 2008 at 12:23 pm)
just dont download so much that it looks suspicious and they'll never notice ( i think..)
slumpuppy (November 14, 2008 at 11:45 am)
fuck you all i download!!!!!!!!!!
bananito2 (November 14, 2008 at 9:22 am)
Exactly i think the same
fucking thugs with suits
their prices are illegal
henrik920 (November 11, 2008 at 12:46 am)
you can never stop illegal downloading, and if you find a way to stop it, then we will find a new way to share... and the films gets more popular if people download them, because not everyone want to buy all their films...
UserIsAnFBIAgent (November 9, 2008 at 2:36 am)
We really enjoy the luxury of being able to download any movie any book any piece of music, any type of photo, text docs ect ect ect, SHARING OVER AN ETHERNET WIRE...

FUCKING AWESOME...

Its not stealing, think of it as sharing, but whats so shocking about it, is that its allot different from me going to your house and sharing my DVD with you, instead, its threw a wire, or lol, without wires, Extreamly convienent.

Don't you think so yourself...?

land of the free, home of the brave.
lgr1991 (November 13, 2008 at 2:05 am)
i completely agree!!!

the point you made is tht its called file SHARING, now file stealing.last time i looked, it wasnt illegal to share music,videos, games etc with your friends
emuholic (November 7, 2008 at 12:12 am)
they wont stop our internet, they need it as much as we do
emuholic (November 7, 2008 at 12:11 am)
good point sally
willsoe (October 30, 2008 at 9:22 pm)
So, did that say that it's illegal under privacy laws to actually see what you're downloading. does that mean that they can't really catch you?
donkeyguy111 (October 25, 2008 at 8:13 pm)
it was actually 800 + 130 for it.