Introduction

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On Wednesday, October 28, 2009 some of the biggest internet providers in UK, TalkTalk and BT, strongly suggested to change the laws due file-sharing of copyrighted material. This was in first place to protect musicians, program developers, filmmakers and others' property, but also because they were sick of pirates finding ways through the old laws and systems. They suggest that the filesharers of copyrighted material will be notified, and can get reduced speed on their router. If the filesharing continues, the internet connection will be shutdown.[|(1)]

The Department of Business expressed themself last year that this law would probably be in system april this year 2011. But guardian.co.uk declines this date, and are writing that it could be delayed for another year. "The high court is expected to rule on whether the challenge can go ahead on Friday. If it agrees, the process of review could take until spring 2012, delaying implementation of the act even further, while content companies assert that illicit filesharing is costing UK businesses £400m annually in lost sales." [|(2)]

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