http://lordsoftheblog.net/2009/12/02/digital-economy-bill/#comments

I like the new way - download what you want and watch it. If i love a song or like an artist, I go to the store, or buy it on Itunes, same thing with games that are worth buying I buy them. Not to be offensive, but most of the stuff released nowadays is crap. I think this is just there way of basically getting all the profits back from the people who are poor, irresponsible with what and how much they steal, and more or less ensuring they maximize profits. Good products still make lots of money, though music is still hurt a lot by pirating (and, significantly). I think they should worry more music pirating then anything else, its that industry thats being nuked left and right. But they label all piracy in one big warm umbrella. I hate throttling ISPs suck who do this, I'm sure we'll see more measures in the future to curtail internet use.

Piracy will not go away.
It will simply allow people who are more criminal connected to make money.
This is what happened 10+ years ago people sold lots of cd's at computer shows etc. they made a lot of cash.

Why should my privacy be invaded by an ISP? If I watch BBCi player they need not know.

Should Royal Mail open all envelopes to check there isn't a Cd inside with pirated material?

Be Glad if Telco will do dsl line, finally something back & in sparesly populated areas, having interactive machine like window or eye into world, with so much to choose. Just as good as anything.

drashek

Also what redress do you have, can you have your money refunded if you didn't like the cinema film? Can you return a DVD or video game once the packaging has been opened?
The answer is no...why should the media industry have such a priveliged position and the consumer no right to return of products which they may find to be sub standard.
Perhaps to be able to retain this position film makers shold have to release their whole films in low res versions so rather than just a very selective trailer people can get more of a taste of the movie before they buy...perhaps game developers should release demos of 10% of the game content.
If there was adequate means for people to assess what they are buying then perhaps there would be more sympathy for the media industry over piracy.

It's the proposed new laws on piracy that are annoying me....of course the poor individual is an easy target....why not have some kind of counter balance to ensure the media world isn't ripping off the consumer...how many times have you paid £20 to take your family to the cinema only to find that the 30 sec trailer which included the only best bits of the movie was a complete misrepresentation of a boring movies with an ill thought out storyline, how many games have you bought on the evidence of "good reviews" that the reviewer has been paid to write by the developer that turn out to be bug infested crap. Fairness is a two way street...if the UK governement is going to interfere in media arena perhaps they should do a proper job and look at both side and not just pick on the easy target.....OH SORRY...made the fatal mistake of mentioning UK government and a proper job in the same sentence.

8% of Britian's economy is based on the entertainment industry, higher than any other country, and they want to increase that percentage?

The entertainment industry is only one of many industries that depend on disposable income. Increasing one's dependence on other's disposal incomes, especially in hard financial times, is foolish because it may not be sustainable. Even the video game (sub-)industry, once thought to be recession-proof, has taken a hit lately.

If Blighty wants to improve it's outlook, they (and America) should work on ending the consumerism economy.