Culture secretary Andy Burnham says an "international memorandum of understanding" is needed to fight P2P piracy, that "no solely national solution will work."
According to the UK’s culture secretary, Andy Burnham, an international strategy is required to effectively fight illegal file-sharing.
"I am working towards an international memorandum of understanding, it is time for much more serious dialogue with European and US partners," he told the Guardian. "No solely national solution will work. It can only be durable with international consensus."
In the UK, he wants a 70-80% reduction in online piracy and he’s looking to international partners to help him do it.
His plan is to establish an international framework including the US and European nations by the autumn. Involving other nations, he argues, bolsters the UK’s own plans to fight illegal file-sharing.
"It is an incredibly important industry to this country and perhaps it has not been focused on in the way it should," Burnham said of the music industry. "There is a strong sense that this is the year we have to bring this stuff off, we have a head of steam, a bit of momentum."
Getting the US involved may a bit tricky if it means involving ISPs, especially without legislation forcing them to monitor, warn, and ultimately disconnect file-sharers a la a "three-strikes" regimen.
jared@zeropaid.com
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How new world order in thinking.
Anything to protect the buck of multibillion dollar firms. The sad thing with politics is that its no longer about the people but about who has the most money to influence the law makers. Social value is no longer a consideration in the decision making process. This is disgusting and one of the biggest problem facing democracies today. We are no longer in control of our government so it is no longer a real democratic process. How this could all be fixed is beyond me.
Yeah I’m very curious to see how the United States citizens take it if a foreign entity starts ordering the US government around. I’ve heard that such a thing doesn’t tend to go over very well there.
Making file sharing policy into trade policy agreements removes discussion from the public and voters. RIAA and MPAA have already been making deals with ISP’s.
Pretty stupid when their claims can’t even hold up in court.
I have a plan for them…its a global eat me plan. I will bend over and make them put their nose all in me bum!!!! And then I will rip the biggest FART in the history of mankind! Eat SHIT you fuckers!
I am a firm believer in technology and its advances and technology has elevated the playing field between us and them. The key to further improvements is more affordable education for our young people and never loosing hope.
i like how all of this is put under the guise of stopping piracy, when it really is just a another way to legitimize control and erosion of rights