On Tuesday 16th June, the Government published the final version of Digital Britain.

‘The Digital Britain Report is the Government’s strategic vision for ensuring that the UK is at the leading edge of the global digital economy. It is an example of industrial activism in a crucial growth sector.

The report contains actions and recommendations to ensure first rate digital and communications infrastructure to promote and protect talent and innovation in creative industries, to modernize TV and radio frameworks, and support local news, and it introduces policies to maximize the social and economic benefits from digital technologies.’

Click here to go to the DCMS website and read the report in full.

The report outlines that the Government will develop a ‘robust, legal, and regulatory framework to combat digital piracy’:

• giving Ofcom an explicit duty to significantly reduce unlawful filesharing

• written warnings for those who download unlawfully, with repeat infringers facing identity release and civil action through the courts

• technical measures, such as bandwidth reduction or protocol blocking, for ISPs to use should notification fail to stop unlawful filesharing