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  • Ofcom May Regulate P2P, Filesharers Says Culture Minister


    05 June, 2009, by Desire Athow

    Our Comments

    Let's see how they do it. Having to monitor P2P would not only be counterproductive but also exceedingly difficult to carry out bearing in mind that operators would need to put in place systems to "sniff data packets" and found out whether the content being shared is legal or not. More legal ways of obtaining unlimited music - Comes with Music and Spotify to name two - have appeared which would allow users to get their fix of music for next to nothing.

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    Tags: Legal issues, Music Online, Ofcom, P2P, copyright
    Desire Athow
    Posted by
    Desire Athow
    on 05 June, 2009

    Désiré Athow is the Content Editor of ITProPortal.com and has been reporting on technology and telecommunication since 1999. You can follow him on Twitter.
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