[x-pubpol] Text Of Robert Plant, Pete Townsend & Brian May Letter Calling On Google, ISPs To Fight Piracy

[Konstantinos Komaitis]

Thanks Joly - I am particularly thrilled to see Simon Cowell's name in there who presumably signs up new artists (from his X factor show) in his record label and strips out all their IP rights :)


Best

KK


Konstantinos Komaitis
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On Jul 25, 2012, at 9:30 PM, Joly MacFie wrote:

> http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/07/text-of-robert-plant-pete-townsend-brian-may-letter-calling-on-google-isps-to-fight-piracy.html
> 
> Robert Plant, Pete Townshend, Brian May, Elton John, Simon Cowell and
> six other UK musicians and music industry leaders have signed a letter
> addressed to Prime Minister David Cameron demanding that he fully
> implement the Digital Economy Act 2010, anti-piracy legislation which
> passed in 2010.  The letter also called on ISP and search engines,
> online advertisers to "play their part in protecting consumers and
> creators from illegal sites." Full text of the letter:
> 
>    Sir,
> 
> As the world's focus turns to Britain, there is an opportunity to
> stimulate growth in sectors where Britain has a competitive edge. Our
> creative industries represent one such sector, which creates jobs at
> twice the speed of the rest of the economy.
> 
> Britain's share of the global music market is higher than ever with
> British artists, led by Adele, breaking through to global stardom. As
> a digitally advanced nation whose language is spoken around the world,
> Britain is well-positioned to increase its exports in the digital age.
> Competition in the creative sector is in talent and innovation, not
> labour costs or raw materials.
> 
> We can only realise this potential if we have a strong domestic
> copyright framework, so that British creative industries can earn a
> fair return on their huge investments creating original content.
> Illegal activity online must be pushed to the margins. This will
> benefit consumers, giving confidence they are buying safely online
> from legal websites.
> 
> The simplest way to ensure this would be to implement the long-overdue
> measures in the Digital Economy Act 2010; and to ensure broadband
> providers, search engines and online advertisers play their part in
> protecting consumers and creators from illegal sites.
> 
> We are proud of our cultural heritage and believe that we, and our
> sector, can play a much bigger role in supporting British growth. To
> continue to create world beating creative content, we need a little
> bit of help from our friends.
> 
> Simon Cowell
> Roger Daltrey
> Professor Green
> Sir Elton John
> Lord Lloyd-Webber
> Dr Brian May
> Robert Plant
> Roger Taylor
> Tinie Tempah
> Pete Townshend
> 
> 
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