Industry senses ISP action delay

09:41 | Monday June 9, 2008

This move comes at the same time as the BPI has struck a groundbreaking deal with Virgin Media to educate broadband customers about safely – and legally – downloading music from the internet.

The misgivings over the consultation emerged following a speech given by Andy Burnham, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, at the PPL AGM last week.

In his half-hour dialogue Burnham touched on a number of key issues facing the industry, including copyright, education and filesharing. But it was his comments about the sequencing of the ongoing ISP consultation – being run by the Department of Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) – that caused some industry executives to sit up and take note.

According to them Burnham appeared to suggest a new tack.

For more, see this week’s issue of Music Week, out today.