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Talk Talk says ‘NO’ to Digital Economy Act

As the Digital Economy Act was made into law, a key industry player, Talk Talk, has voiced opposition to the acts sweeping powers over cutting off accused illegal file-sharers.

Talk Talk, who had been vocally against the bill ever since it was first proposed, has announced that it will not follow the more draconian aspects of the law.

In an official blog post by the company, it says that it will fight in court any attempt to force it to do things it feels are unwise, and will continue to fight against the law politically. In its blog, the company states:

“After the election we will resume highlighting the substantial dangers inherent in the proposals and that the hoped for benefits in legitimate sales will not materialise as filesharers will simply switch to other undetectable methods to get content for free.

In the meantime we stand by our pledges to our customers:

Unless we are served with a court order we will never surrender a customer’s details to rightsholders. We are the only major ISP to have taken this stance and we will maintain it.

If we are instructed to disconnect an account due to alleged copyright infringement we will refuse to do so and tell the rightsholders we’ll see them in court.”

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