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| Around seven million people in the UK are involved in illegal downloads, costing the economy tens of billions of pounds, government advisors say. | Around seven million people in the UK are involved in illegal downloads, costing the economy tens of billions of pounds, government advisors say. |
| Researchers found 1.3m people using one file-sharing network on one weekday and estimated that over a year they had free access to material worth £120bn. | Researchers found 1.3m people using one file-sharing network on one weekday and estimated that over a year they had free access to material worth £120bn. |
| The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property (SABIP) warned it may be hard to change attitudes. | The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property (SABIP) warned it may be hard to change attitudes. |
| The government says work must be done internationally to tackle the problem. | The government says work must be done internationally to tackle the problem. |
| Intellectual Property Minister David Lammy said the report put into context the impact illegal downloads had on copyright industries and the UK economy as a whole. | Intellectual Property Minister David Lammy said the report put into context the impact illegal downloads had on copyright industries and the UK economy as a whole. |
| But he added: "This is not an issue confined by national boundaries and I am sure that other [EU] member states and their copyright industries will find this report of use in the development of policy." | But he added: "This is not an issue confined by national boundaries and I am sure that other [EU] member states and their copyright industries will find this report of use in the development of policy." |
| HAVE YOUR SAY Many people do not even realise that what they are doing is illegal Ralph Cook, Barking, UK Send us your comments | |
| An alliance of nine UK bodies representing the creative industries recently joined trades unions in calling on the government to force internet service providers to cut off persistent illegal file-sharers. | An alliance of nine UK bodies representing the creative industries recently joined trades unions in calling on the government to force internet service providers to cut off persistent illegal file-sharers. |
| They said more than half of net traffic in the UK was illegal content. | They said more than half of net traffic in the UK was illegal content. |
| Copyright confusion | Copyright confusion |
| Internet service providers say it is not their job to police the web. | Internet service providers say it is not their job to police the web. |
| The latest report for the SABIP, said the new generation of broadband access at 50Mbps could deliver 200 MP3 files in five minutes, a DVD in three and the complete digitised works of Charles Dickens in less than 10. | The latest report for the SABIP, said the new generation of broadband access at 50Mbps could deliver 200 MP3 files in five minutes, a DVD in three and the complete digitised works of Charles Dickens in less than 10. |
| It said the seven million people who access files illegally could not all be students and that many of them were uncertain about what was illegal. | It said the seven million people who access files illegally could not all be students and that many of them were uncertain about what was illegal. |
| The fact that so much on the internet is free only added to the confusion, it said. | The fact that so much on the internet is free only added to the confusion, it said. |
| Dame Lynne Brindley, SABIP Board member, said: "This report gives us some baseline evidence from which we can develop a clear research strategy to support policy development in this fast moving area." | Dame Lynne Brindley, SABIP Board member, said: "This report gives us some baseline evidence from which we can develop a clear research strategy to support policy development in this fast moving area." |