Towards a "Piracy" Endgame - but who are the pirates?

From the BBC: Six of the UK's biggest net providers have agreed a plan with the music industry to tackle piracy online. The deal, negotiated by the government, will see hundreds of thousands of letters sent to net users suspected of illegally sharing music. But the music industry wants people's internet cut off if they ignore repeated warnings, something the web firms say they are not prepared to do. No change there, then - so what is different? The plan commits the firms to working towards a "significant reduction" in the illegal sharing of music. It also commits the net firms to develop legal music services, the BBC has been told. The BBC has been told that the firms have agreed to ensure their customers know it is illegal to share copyrighted music. It is believed that the memorandum also requires net firms to go further... [read full story]