The Federation tell ISPs to get house in order

When Lord Triesman, the parliamentary Under Secretary for Innovation, Universities and Skills, says “if we can’t get voluntary arrangements we will legislate” as he did with regard to intellectual property theft when interviewed by the BBC a few months back, you have to wonder just what the powers that be have in mind. Calling for Internet Service Providers to take a “more activist role” when it comes to illegal file-sharing might sound OK at first, but dig a little deeper and you cannot help but wonder if this is just another step towards that big brother society we seem to be tumbling headlong into. After all, Triesman himself admits that by implementing a voluntary scheme to track illegal file-shares then it would be “quite possible to know where it is happening and who it is happening with”.