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On Fur Patrol

Rights holders need less stick, and more carrot, as they prepare to flex their muscles under the new file sharing law.

So far, plain sailing for new-look S92

Lobbyists on both sides have offered only guarded criticism of Simon Power’s reworked version of the controversial anti-pirate clause.

Some say due process isn't enough, and want account termination taken off the table altogether. Copyright holders are lobbying for it to stay. But in constrast to the highly-charged tone of arguments over the original clause, the renewed debate is mostly moderate, and constructive. An emotive stand-off has been defused.