Trouble in Paradise?

U2's longtime manager, Paul McGuinness, took a swipe at Internet providers today, according to a Reuters story. He demanded that ISPs create disconnect policies to end illegal music downloads and that governments should force them to do so. He believes record companies and musicians are being ripped off in the digital age:


He spread the blame between record labels that "through lack of foresight and planning allowed a range of industries to arise that let people steal music"; Silicon Valley companies that create marvelous devices but "don't think of themselves as makers of burglary kits"; and governments who "created a thieves' charter" by agreeing that ISPs should not be responsible for what passes along their pipes.

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