BBC Learning English Words in the News BBC Intemet piracy wamings LEARNING 2/0201/ ENGLISH Warning emails are to be sent to people in the Uk who are downloading music and films illegally. From 2015, up to four warnings a year will be sent to households suspected of copyright infringement. The BBCs Emma Simpson reports Anyone who is found to have illegally downloaded material will be sent an alert offering advice on where to find legitimate sources of entertainment online But these messages will be capped for a year and there will be no penalties for offenders. It's a far cry from what the entertainment industry originally called for When the controversial Digital Economy Act was introduced in the final days of the abour government in 2010, it included measures to cut off people s internet connections for repeated misuse This new three-year scheme is a compromise atest industry figures suggest nearly a quarter of all content consumed online is illegally downloaded, including more than a billion music tracks within a year. ords in the news British Broadcasting Corporation 2014 Page 1 of 2 bbclearningenglish.com
BBC Learning English Words in the News Internet piracy warnings 21 July 2014 _____________________________________________________ Words in the News © British Broadcasting Corporation 2014 Page 1 of 2 bbclearningenglish.com Warning emails are to be sent to people in the UK who are downloading music and films illegally. From 2015, up to four warnings a year will be sent to households suspected of copyright infringement. The BBC's Emma Simpson reports: Anyone who is found to have illegally downloaded material will be sent an alert offering advice on where to find legitimate sources of entertainment online. But these messages will be capped for a year and there will be no penalties for offenders. It's a far cry from what the entertainment industry originally called for. When the controversial Digital Economy Act was introduced in the final days of the Labour government in 2010, it included measures to cut off people's internet connections for repeated misuse. This new three-year scheme is a compromise. Latest industry figures suggest nearly a quarter of all content consumed online is illegally downloaded, including more than a billion music tracks within a year
Vocabulary and definitions legitimate done according to the law capped limited offenders people who act illegally it's a far cry from it's very different from controversia causing people to disagree and argue misuse (noun )improper use compromise a settlement; a situation where people on all sides of an argument reduce their demands so that they can reach an agreement Read and listen to the story and the vocabulary online ervice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/07/140721 wi Related story http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28374457 Words in the news C British Broadcasting Corporation 2014 Page 2 of 2
Words in the News © British Broadcasting Corporation 2014 Page 2 of 2 bbclearningenglish.com Vocabulary and definitions legitimate done according to the law capped limited offenders people who act illegally it's a far cry from it's very different from controversial causing people to disagree and argue misuse (noun) improper use compromise a settlement; a situation where people on all sides of an argument reduce their demands so that they can reach an agreement Read and listen to the story and the vocabulary online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/07/140721_witn_piracy.shtml Related story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28374457
