Six of the UK's leading media executives have joined forces in an attempt to persuade Lord Carter to tighten the legislation surrounding online piracy.
The group - which consists of Universal Pictures chief Lucian Grainge, Channel 4 executive Andy Duncan, Jeremy Darroch of Sky, Chief Executive to the Premier League, Richard Scudamore, Michael Lynton of Sony Pictures and Virgin Media's Neil Berkett - have come together to try to convince Lord Carter to change the laws surrounding internet piracy before he releases his Digital Britain report on June 16.
According to the executive group, the lax enforcement of copyright rules currently in place is costing businesses up to GBP500m on an annual basis. To combat this, they have suggested that the government needs to consider tightening these rules by working closely alongside Internet Service Providers (ISPs), who they believe should be given greater powers to investigate and identify cases of online copyright infringement.
Data collected by ISPs would then be passed over to Ofcom, who could in turn deter people from continuing to engage in illegal file-sharing activities with the threat of disconnection and prosecution.
Talks are now being held between representatives from the group and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and the Digital Britain Report Steering Board.
A similar plea for a change in online copyright laws has also been made by the UK Film Council and the Federation of Entertainment Unions.
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