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Consultation on Legislative Options to Address Illicit Peer-to-peer (P2P) File-sharing

Title
Consultation on Legislative Options to Address Illicit Peer-to-peer (P2P) File-sharing
Date
1 Jul 2008
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Publisher
Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
Category
Public Consultation
Subject
Intellectual Property
Inactive
No
Description
This consultation is intended to set out and gather views on a proposal for a co-regulatory approach that could be adopted in order to facilitate and ensure co-operation between Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and rights holders to address the problem of illicit use of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file-sharing technology to exchange unlawful copies of copyright material. This takes forward Recommendation 39 of the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property which addressed the issue of illicit use of P2P. The consultation also identifies and seeks views on other potential options and calls for evidence on issues related to illicit use of P2P. The consultation runs from 24/7/2008 – 30/10/2008.

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