![]() One of the proposals includes placing a 30 GBP annual charge on people who want to download files. Huttin and Burnham, along with bosses from the music industry want tighter rules surrounding illegal downloads. Sounds like a cop out and a good way round enforcing the law, but they might not have much choice on this in a year's time. So what does this mean for internet downloaders? Well, Virgin are keen not to punish their users, they would rather 'educate' them on the wrongs of downloading illegally. Virgin expect to send out more than 12,000 letters over the course of the summer to internet users warning them to stop their illegal downloads or face restrictions on their service. ISPs have been pressurised into clamping down on persistent illegal downloaders and in June of this year, Virgin Broadband (one of the largest ISPs in the UK) agreed to take steps towards culling downloads. By downloading music files illegally, you are in breech of the copying part of this law. These rights cover broadcast and public performance, copying, adapting, issuing, renting and lending copies to the public. ![]() The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA) is the current UK copyright law and gives the creators of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works the right to control the ways in which their material may be used. ![]() At this point, it is perhaps worth outlining the law when it comes to downloading music.
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