MI5 comes out against cutting off internet pirates

Comment: Unemployed and financially struggling people can't go to the movies, buy CD's and/or DVDs... do you want them on the streets? You think about it.

The police and intelligence services are calling on the Government to drop plans to disconnect persistent internet pirates because they fear that this would make it harder to track criminals online.

Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, has vowed to use the Government’s forthcoming Digital Economy Bill to introduce new measures to fight illegal file-sharing of music and films. He has also proposed that persistent pirates should have their internet connections suspended temporarily.


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