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Telcos Sympathize with MPAA, RIAA Anti-Piracy Efforts

By Cynthia Brumfield

(Washington, DC) The U.S. phone industry is sympathetic to the pursuit of anti-piracy policies by Hollywood and the record industry, the head of the industry's main trade association said today. Speaking at a Media Institute lunch, US Telecom CEO Walter McCormick was asked about the record industry's recent stepped-up pressure on ISPs to help labels ferret out music pirates, a tactic that mirrors Hollywood's own efforts to get broadband providers to identify customers' sharing of unauthorized read more

Full post as published by IP Democracy on May 14, 2008 (boomark / email).