Illegal downloaders will be disconnected - eventually

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Government hopes that warning notifications and targeted legal action will reduce the numbers downloading illegally

The government is to update copyright laws Business secretary Lord Mandelson today laid out the government's definitive approach for tackling illegal downloading online. Speaking at a creativ...

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