David Llewellyn (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
I'm on holiday until August 18th. While I'm away I've invited several guests to write about the internet and its effect on the music industry. Beginning the series is Geoff Taylor , chief executive of the BPI, the organisation that represents the recording industry in the UK.
Celebrifi (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
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MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
... first time how their children use their bedroom PCs and laptops for piracy," notes that report. Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI, which represents the British music industry, said that it had taken years to get the ISPs to agree to this, noting: "All of the major ISPs in the UK now recognise they have a responsibility to deal with illegal file-sharers on their networks." Nose,...
The Sun (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
... to the problem was needed to keep Britain producing top films and bands. BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor said it was a milestone as internet firms now “recognise their responsibility”. Movie chiefs hailed the move. UK Film Council boss John Woodward said: “The single largest threat facing the industry is film theft.” The Motion Pictures Association of America has also signed up to...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
... tougher for teenage music lovers. Won't the industry go after the big offenders? Not according to Geoff Taylor, the Chief Executive of the BPI. "There is not an acceptable level of file-sharing," he says. "Musicians need to be paid like everyone else." The BPI insists publicly that it would be a strategic mistake to only focus on the "uploaders", people who make their music available,...
prefix (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... a responsibility to deal with illegal file-sharers on their networks,” said BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor. Anyone who has their service provided by Virgin, Orange, Tiscali, British Telecom, BSkyB or Carphone Warehouse might want to think carefully before firing up a Bit Torrent client today. []
The Guardian Technology blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
If you want to see a (rough) transcript of what the BPI said, we've got it. No per-month "tax"; and both up- and downloaders will be targeted with "hundreds of thousands" of letters
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... identifying which internet protocol addresses are illegally filesharing.The BPI chief executive, Geoff Taylor, said in a conference call this morning that the focus was on uploaders of illegal content.He denied reports that a levy on internet users of up to £30 had been considered or tabled with government.As part of the memorandum of understanding - signed by BT, Virgin, Carphone...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... identifying which internet protocol addresses are illegally filesharing.The BPI chief executive, Geoff Taylor, said in a conference call this morning that the focus was on uploaders of illegal content.He denied reports that a levy on internet users of up to £30 had been considered or tabled with government.As part of the memorandum of understanding - signed by BT, Virgin, Carphone...
Nothing (much) To Report (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... the UK government. BT, Virgin, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse have all signed up. Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI, which represents the music industry, said: “All of the major ISPs in the UK now recognise they have a responsibility to deal with illegal file-sharers on their networks.” Mr Taylor said it had taken years to persuade ISPs to adopt this view....
The Guardian Technology blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Amy Winehouse: sending her round to borrow your hairspray still might be the BPI's best nuclear optionThe BPI's conference call on its announcement this morning about a deal with the six biggest ISPs has just ended. Before it dissolved into technical chaos - surely not the BPI's fault - there was time for Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI (which represents the largest UK record...
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... Industry (BPI) wants these spineless dolts to get hip and start dishin' out the heavy hand. Geoff Taylor, a man not only the owner of an exotic name, but also chief executive of the BPI, said the move was a step closer to ISPs taking responsibility for dealing with illegal downloaders using their service. He sez: "The focus is on people sharing files illegally. There is not an acceptable...
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... to cut off users' connections – something the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) wants them to do.Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI, said the move was a step closer to ISPs taking responsibility for dealing with illegal downloaders using their service.The new agreement will apply to users who both upload and download music files."The focus is on people sharing files illegally,"...
