Anti-piracy music deal for Virgin
June 16th, 2009 | Category: Electro, Newz
The BBC reports that ISP Virgin and music industry dinosaur label Universal have signed a deal that will give the ISP’s customers access to ‘unlimited’ music. For a monthly fee, Virgin’s broadband customers will be able to download or stream as many mp3 files as they want. As part of the deal, Virgin has pledged to ‘aggressively police use’ to stop the mp3 tracks turning up on file-sharing networks. As if that’ll work!
The record industry once again turns to criminalising its own customers as its unimaginative and futile response to a changing world. It’s sad that an ISP will be complicit in such utter stupidity but I guess Big Capital sticks together in the face of any perceived threat to profits.
