People in UK might face a ban by their internet service provider for downloading pirated music and movies from the internet . The entertainment industry which includes the music as well as film making industry says that they loose millions of $ just because of these illegal file sharing programs on the internet.
According to a rough estimate , as high as six million UK internet users download pirated stuff from the internet each year.The government is forcing the UK internet service providers to strictly monitor its users for such suspicious activities.Service providers that fail to enforce such rules might be prosecuted and the government is also demanding the details for those customers that are suspected of making illegal downloads so that the details can be made available to the courts.
Many leading service providers and told the entertainment industry that it is not possible to inspect every single packet that is transfered across their network.Service providers also fear that data protection laws would prevent them from looking at the data that floats through their network.
So is this the end for free music and movies for people in UK ?