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Tiscali and 'hard-up' BPI fall out
Posted by: eusty on Monday, February 18, 2008 - 11:58 AM
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Tiscali has admitted that it kicked four of it's broadband users off after
their being grassed up by the BPI. The ISP says that it sent warning letters
to
21 customers, but it seems the majority decided to keep their broadband
connections by stopping sharing music over P2P connections.
It seems though
that these will be the last casualties as Tiscali have said that they have
ripped up the voluntary
agreement with the BPI, which was the sort of deal the BPI would like to have in
place. The problem seems to be that the BPI don't want to shoulder any of the
costs involved, while the ISP thought it's agreement included a provision for
sharing the cost.
"While there have been discussions between BPI and Tiscali, we have
not been able to reach agreement on a long-term solution,"
"That's because Tiscali is trying to force us to pay a substantial levy to
enforce its own terms and conditions."
"Discouraging customers from using their accounts unlawfully is an obligation
that any ISP should bear as part of its core business,"
"That is the socially responsible thing to do, and it's disappointing if Tiscali
sees illegal behaviour on its network as a further opportunity to make money at
the expense of the music community." |
| BPI |
The problem must be that the music industry is feeling hard up for cash due
to file-sharing.
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