UK ISPs Ink Agreement For Letter Writing Campaign To Stop Illegal File Sharing

In what looks to be a more of a political move than anything of real substance, several Internet Service Provider’s (ISPs) in the UK have agreed to issue letters to subscribers suspected of illegal file trading on their networks. The six ISPs, Virgin Media, Orange, BT, BSkyB, Tiscali and Carphone Warehouse, have signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) that their PR reps called a “groundbreaking agreement” that...

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Coldplay’s Viva La Vida Download Sales Total 394,000 – Biggest To Date In US

Coldplay has sold 394,000 downloads of its latest album, Viva La Vida, the biggest paid online album total in the United States. Not only is this the largest three week total for online sales, but it also represents 35% of the total sales of the album which has sold 1.1 million during the same period, a demonstration of the emergence of digital sales. Coldplay also nailed the best pre-order and first-week album totals on the iTunes...

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