英伦广角 Issue 117 IPS开始打击音乐盗版
In what appears to be a historic about-face, Britain's six biggest Internet Service Providers or ISPs have agreed to join the fight against online piracy 1, sending letters to those suspected of illegally downloading files, warning them to stop or else. For the BPI which represents Britain's recorded music industry, this day has been a long time in coming. Matt Phillips is BPI's Director of Communications.
This is an incredibly significant development, and we should make no bones about that. And what we've seen for the first time is that Internet Service Providers have recognized that they have a role to play and indeed a responsibility to tackle the massive shared problem of illegal file-sharing.
The BPI estimates that only one in twenty songs downloaded in the UK is done so through legitimate 2 services, and that up to 6. 5 million people in Britain regularly share files illegally. But some like the UK's Open Rights Group argue a government-led crackdown is the wrong way to go about fighting piracy.
What I think industry is missing here is a real opportunity to get the majority of people, I mean, 80% of teenagers who download online, told a survey last month that they'd much rather have a legal option. And the industry needs to get that on the table right now.
The UK's culture secretary is unrepentant for the government's tough stands.
I cannot stand by while, you know, we see value wiped off our creative industries. If they are gonna be successful in the future as we want them to be, they have to be critically underpinned 3 by workable systems of copyright.
While the music industry has been experimenting with innovative 4 new music models, such as ad-supported music streaming and all-you-can-download subscription 5 services, having a stick to help guide prolific 6 file-sharers towards some of the carrots is obviously seen as a useful weapon in the ongoing 7 battle against piracy.
- The government has already adopted effective measures against piracy.政府已采取有效措施惩治盗版行为。
- They made the place a notorious centre of piracy.他们把这地方变成了臭名昭著的海盗中心。
- Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
- That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。
- The report is underpinned by extensive research. 这份报告以广泛的研究为基础。
- The statue of Diana was underpinned with charred piles. Diana雕像是建造在炭化了的木桩上的。 来自辞典例句
- Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
- He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。
- We paid a subscription of 5 pounds yearly.我们按年度缴纳5英镑的订阅费。
- Subscription selling bloomed splendidly.订阅销售量激增。
- She is a prolific writer of novels and short stories.她是一位多产的作家，写了很多小说和短篇故事。
- The last few pages of the document are prolific of mistakes.这个文件的最后几页错误很多。