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Hunt: Online file-sharing is a 'direct assault on freedoms' |
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Source: The Register UK - Posted by Dave Wreski
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Search engines and internet service providers (ISPs) could be forced to make it harder for users to access copyright infringing content online under new UK communications laws, the Culture Secretary has said.
Jeremy Hunt said that the UK needed to "explore all options" that would make it more difficult for websites that "ignore the law". He called online file-sharing "theft" that was "a direct assault on the freedoms and rights of creators of content to be rewarded fairly".
Hunt told an audience at the Royal Television Festival (RTF) in Cambridge that the UK might ask search engines and ISPs to play more of a part in tackling online copyright infringement.
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