Pirate Party UK: content industry wants a "music NSA"
The Pirate Party UK's leader, Loz Kaye, has hit back at the British content industry pressuring top ISPs to introduce a database of suspected pirates for copyright breaches.
Speaking with TechEye, Kaye said the industry "seems intent on turning ISPs into the music NSA".
Over the weekend, the Guardian revealed how BT, Virgin Media, BSkyB and Talk Talk are all being told to adhere to build a database of customers who illegally download content - with the purpose of proescuting persistent offenders at a later date. The oft criticised Digital Economy Act - drafted to make fighting piracy easier for the content industry - was voted into law in 2010, but delays have meant it may not become active policy until after the 2015 general election. This has frustrated Britain's content industry, represented by the British Recorded Music Industry (BPI), which wants action soon.
