ISPA News 30/04/08
ISPA Supports Music Download Education Campaign
New guide to tackle illegal music downloads
New Business Models Show Content Sharing Revenue Available For All ISPs
Exclusive discount for members
Managing Intellectual Property and the Wild World Web
Another exclusive discount for ISPA members
ISPA Membership Strengthens Its Numbers
Meet ISPA’s newest members
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ISPA Supports Music Download Education Campaign
New guide to tackle illegal music downloads
ISPA is supporting a new educational guide that aims to tackle children’s illegal music download activity by educating parents and teachers.
The pocket-sized guide, published by children’s Internet charity Childnet International and supported by Pro-music, the international alliance of music sector groups, will be distributed through schools and colleges, libraries, record stores, teaching portals and websites in 21 countries.
The simple, concise guide, “Young People, Music and the Internet” aims to help young people use the Internet and mobile phones safely and legally to download music. It comes as millions of people take advantage of the explosion of new ways of accessing music digitally, but still lack clarity on safety and legal issues, on finding legitimate sites, on the basics of copyright and on how to unpick the jargon of digital music.
ISPA’s Secretary General, Nicholas Lansman, says, “ISPA UK believes that education is a key tool in preventing users from inadvertently breaching copyright law online. ISPA welcomes this initiative, which addresses key questions about downloading online content and advises about the availability of legal content online. Internet Services Providers support constructive initiatives such as this, which help to raise awareness amongst young people and parents about issues relating to content."
New Business Models Show Content Sharing Revenue Available For All ISPs
Exclusive discount for members
ISPA members can take advantage of an exclusive 20 per cent discount to the ISP Future Content Models & Enforcement Strategies event.
The event will bring together ISPs and rights holders to understand the responsibility of ISPs for content distribution and rights protection, and reassess new business models for content sharing revenue.
Speakers include content and regulatory affairs representatives from a range of leading ISPs, as well as Heads of Anti-Piracy and Digital Distribution from global content providers across the music, film and home video industries.
For more information and other events take a look at the ISPA calendar page.
Managing Intellectual Property and the Wild World Web
Another exclusive discount for ISPA members
ISPA has secured an exclusive 25 per cent discount for members to find out how users can proactively protect intellectual property and brand value online at the IP Risk and Security Forum on June 4th in London.
Global business is getting serious about online brand protection.
Many organisations are tackling intellectual property abuse head on in the physical world but are struggling to quantify and build a response to their problems in the online world.
At the event HBSC and CADNA will specify evolving global trends in brand-protection within the online environment. Experian will tackle online threats such as cyber-squatting, typo-squatting, brand siphoning, web traffic diversion, and phishing. Pfizer will demonstrate how best to deal with the online sale of counterfeit goods. Representatives from the Motion Picture Association of America, Hewlett-Packard and the music industry will also be speaking.
Exclusive deals are just one way companies benefit from membership of ISPA. For more information on joining ISPA, please visit the benefits of membership area.
ISPA also negotiates exclusive deals for members with a variety of companies. If you’re a member and you would like to offer an exclusive deal, please contact the ISPA Press Office.
ISPA Membership Strengthens Its Numbers
Meet ISPA’s newest members
Four new members have joined ISPA to take advantage of networking events, participation in shaping public policy and involvement with the UK’s leading Internet trade association.
Essex based Global Gold Network Ltd have become one of the UK's most progressive and innovative web hosting and web-based application providers for today’s businesses. They have joined ISPA in the small member category.
LetMeDo.co.uk Ltd. has joined ISPA with its broadband comparison website broadbandcheck.net. The site allows users to check their telephone line to see what it can provide before selecting their service as well as comparing providers’ services.
Also joining the small category is Greenbee. They offer broadband and home phone packages selected by The John Lewis Partnership.
Legal firm Charles Russell has joined ISPA’s Legal Forum. They are one of the UK’s top 50 law firms and have in-depth experience of the challenges facing the Internet industry and its customers.
To take advantage of what ISPA membership has to offer please visit the Membership Benefits page, or contact the ISPA Secretariat for more information.