Net firms in music pirates deal

The BBC reports that "BT, Virgin, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse have all signed up" with the music industry to tackle piracy online.

"The Motion Picture Association of America has also signed up."

What's the next headline going to be? BT to listen in on all phone calls to identify crimes? Electricity companies told to cut off supplies to suspected criminals? Hammers made illegal because they could be used to main or even kill!

I don't see policing music piracy as the responsibility of the ISP any more than it is a shop's responsibility to report all kitchen knife sales to the police because they could be used in a crime.

Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI, is also quoted as saying, "File-sharing is not anonymous, it is not secret, it is against the law."

What a load of crap. Illegal file-sharing is illegal, but don't start spreading your propaganda to stop the progress of technology. Many legitimate services uses file-sharing to serve content, and file-sharing is NOT illegal.