Your internet connection could be cut off if you share files over P2P networks. It's OK though, if you're sharing legal files you have permission to appeal...

Wait, no, that's not OK!

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Category:: Internet & Technology - Cyberculture
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Mandelson, speaking at the government's digital creative industries conference, Cabinet, confirmed that the internet connections of persistent offenders could be blocked - but only as a last resort from the summer of 2011.

He added that a "legislate and enforce" strategy was the only way to protect the intellectual property rights of content producers. "Three strikes is a reasonable way of describing our approach," he said.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/28/mandelson-date-blocking-filesharers-connections

This will be a stupid, expensive mistake resulting in YOU the taxpayer footing the bill.

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Mandelson, speaking at the government's digital creative industries conference, Cabinet, confirmed that the internet connections of persistent offenders could be blocked - but only as a last resort from the summer of 2011.

He added that a "legislate and enforce" strategy was the only way to protect the intellectual property rights of content producers. "Three strikes is a reasonable way of describing our approach," he said.

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