ISPs need to take action to curb piracy over their networks: forum report

TORONTO – Participants at the Canadian Music Week 2008 Global Forum say it’s time for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to step up and use their huge market power to take action against piracy, according to a summary report of the event that was released Friday. The invitation-only workshop held in March in Toronto was attended by 120 music industry thinkers. “Participants were near-unanimous in their view: rules for commercial relations are necessary in a global economy. Without rules – in part through a fresh round of copyright reform – new business models in the music industry may never get off...