Disconnected because of filesharing
Your internet connection has now been disconnected, all domains linked to your address have been shut down, and your address is on a blacklist. You need an internet connection to sell your own music - your songs are doing well and you might break through. But how can you sell if you can't get access to your website?
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In the battle between the music and movie industries and the file-sharers, have we seen a swing to what you might call the Pirate Party? Well yes we have, quite literally, in the case of Sweden, where one member of that country's Pirate Party was elected.
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Filesharing is a hot topic. The debate about whether you should be cut off for filesharing raises a lot of interesting issues about access to the Internet and who should control it.


