20 percent of People in UK Want Stricter Action against Illegal Downloading
A recent survey, conducted by ISPreview.co.uk, has revealed that one in every five broadband users in the
According to the survey, which included 472 respondents, 20.7 per cent people were in favour of shutting down all websites that encouraged illegal downloading of files. Almost 15 per cent of the respondents were in agreement with the idea of cutting down the broadband speed of illegal downloaders, while nearly 30 per cent felt that sending warning letters would act as a good deterrent. 22.4 per cent of the respondents had no suggestions to offer regarding the issue.
As is evident from the statistics, a fair number of respondents are in favour of seeing the offenders punished, but only a handful are enthusiastic about ensuring that the downloaders bear more serious consequences. A meagre 6.1 per cent wish to have the broadband connection of offenders terminated while an even lesser percentage (3.6%), agree that serious legal action should be taken against them.
Though, a number of measures are being taken as part of the Digital Britain agenda to urge all UK broadband providers to warn illegal downloaders of strict action, consensus on a solution to the problem is yet to be achieved.
A still bigger problem is to persuade the ISPs to play police and ensure that the offenders are duly punished. The ISPs argue that just as the Post Office cannot open every envelope that goes through their hands, they are in no position to go through every packet of data that passes their network.
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