The TalkTalk Blog - Filesharing category

Dan Bull takes us back to the 80s when “home taping was killing music”

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:03:00 GMT

We all know that the government’s disconnection proposals to deter illegal filesharing are daft and dangerous. And many would agree that the way many people in the music industry have reacted is a little misguided. After all, haven’t we seen this type of scaremongering before?

60 seconds with the man behind Dear Lily: Dan Bull

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:22:00 GMT

Worcestershire singer-songwriter Dan Bull made a name for himself last year with his song Dear Lily, which lambasted Lily Allen's views on filesharing. His follow up song Dear Mandy, became the inspiration for our Sing Our Petition competition, so we thought it was only right to catch up with Dan and find out more about his musical inspirations, views on filesharing and what made him write Dear Lily.

Stephen Fry has spoken – or should that be ‘tweeted’?

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT

Our “Sing Our Petition” contest against the Government’s filesharing proposals has been running for the past month. Entries finally closed last week and Stephen, who kindly agreed to judge it for us, has announced his favourite.

Why the Digital Economy Bill cannot protect copyright

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:58:00 GMT

Around 50,000 internet users have received letters from law firms accusing them of illegal downloading and many people have already been forced to spend £500 on settling wrongful claims.

That’s according to information revealed by consumer rights organisation Which? at an event we held in Westminster today.

Music entrepreneur speaks out about filesharing

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:30:00 GMT

The reverberations from Bono’s sermon about filesharing earlier in the month continue to be felt. Following our own broadside (interpretted by some as a bitchslap) and a whole host of bloggers and Twitter users airing their views on the U2 frontman, a music entrepreneur has written a guest opinion piece on The Register that shows the music industry is also far from united on the matter.