UK government plans for next file-share crackdown

The UK government has made a last-minute attempt to lay the ground for upgrades to its measures to tackle piracy, ahead of the publication of its digital economy bill on Friday. Lord Mandelson, business secretary, has made an amendment to the bill that would grant ministers the ability to update the 1988Copyright, Designs and Patents Act in response to new technologies that enable unauthorized access to music, movies and other protected works. The government believes that online content businesses will only be able to flourish if file-sharing is radically reduced.