Stephen Fry backs TalkTalk's digital economy bill campaignThursday, February 4th 2010 QI presenter Stephen Fry has given his backing to broadband provider TalkTalk's Don't Disconnect Us campaign. Broadband provider TalkTalk's Don't Disconnect Us campaign has been given celebrity backing from Stephen Fry.
The celebrated presenter and broadcaster has claimed that the proposals in the government's digital economy bill to suspend the internet accounts of those suspected of filesharing are "ill-conceived" and "epically foolish".
He outlined that the plans were not a way to protect creative sector, as they could "alienate and antagonise the very people on whom those industries depend".
"The planned legislation reveals a deep misunderstanding of the online world," he explained.
"Large scale criminal P2P downloaders will certainly be smart enough to avoid attention, while the innocent or small-time (most of whom are good customers) will be penalised without recourse to the due process of law."
TalkTalk recently organised a Westminster briefing to highlight how the launch of the digital economy bill will lead to the creation of new tools that allow people to share files illegal without detection. |
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The beta version of the Virgin Media Player has been released. The number of people signed up to 50Mb broadband with Virgin Media rose by 28 per cent in the second quarter. Ofcom's report into broadband speeds in the UK has been warmly received by Virgin Media. | Clodagh Murphy of Eclipse Internet has given her backing to Ofcom's calls for customers to be better informed about their likely broadband speed. Ofcom has revealed that the average speed of home broadband has increased. Charles Dunstone, TalkTalk's chief executive, has said the service provider plans to spend more on fibre optic broadband this year. |
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