Dave Horvath
10 Jul 2006 10:41
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has given an official letter to both Tiscali and Cable & Wireless requesting that they suspend some 59 accounts for "illegal filesharing".
The BPI was once focused on handling individual file sharers, but now seems to have switched its strategy to individual firms allowing these practices to take place. The BPI is claiming that this move will make it easier for them to stop the copyright infringements suffered at the hands of the Internet.
BPI has indentified 17 IP addresses which belong to Tiscali and 42 IP addresses under Cable & Wireless control which were used to upload "significant quantities of music owned by BPI members".
BPI chairman Peter Jamieson said "It was unacceptable for ISPs to turn a blind eye to industrial-scale copyright infringement. We are providing unequivocal evidence of copyright infringement via their services. It is now up to them to put their house in order and pull the plug on these people.".
Tiscali has responded stating that it does not normally freeze accounts automatically, but will entertain an investigation. Cable & Wireless merely stated, "This would normally mean that any accounts used for illegal filesharing are closed. We will take whatever steps are necessary to put the matter right".
Source:
BBC News