UK file pirates to face the music 打擊音樂盜版

TBritain's six biggest Internet providers have agreed a plan to send warning letters to those suspected of illegal file-sharing.

In what appears to be a historic about-face, Britain's six biggest Internet Service Providers or ISPs have agreed to join the fight against online piracy, sending letters to those suspected of illegally downloading files, warning them to stop or else. For the BPI which represents Britain's recorded music industry, this day has been a long time in coming. Matt Phillips is BPI's Director of Communications.

This is an incredibly significant development, and we should make no bones about that. And what we've seen for the first time is that Internet Service Providers have recognized that they have a role to play and indeed a responsibility to tackle the massive shared problem of illegal file-sharing.

The BPI estimates that only one in twenty songs downloaded in the UK is done so through legitimate services, and that up to 6. 5 million people in Britain regularly share files illegally. But some like the UK's Open Rights Group argue a government-led crackdown is the wrong way to go about fighting piracy.

What I think industry is missing here is a real opportunity to get the majority of people, I mean, 80% of teenagers who download online, told a survey last month that they'd much rather have a legal option. And the industry needs to get that on the table right now.

The UK's culture secretary is unrepentant for the government's tough stands.

I cannot stand by while, you know, we see value wiped off our creative industries. If they are gonna be successful in the future as we want them to be, they have to be critically underpinned by workable systems of copyright.

While the music industry has been experimenting with innovative new music models, such as ad-supported music streaming and all-you-can-download subscription services, having a stick to help guide prolific file-sharers towards some of the carrots is obviously seen as a useful weapon in the ongoing battle against piracy.

about-face: n.An about-face is a complete change of attitude or opinion.

make no bones: v. phr., informal To have no doubts; not to worry about right or wrong; not to be against. Used with "about".

參考中文翻譯：

TBritain的六個最大的網絡供應商達成一致，計劃向疑似非法文件共享者發布警告信。

在這個看似歷史性的轉變中，英國六個最大的網絡服務供應商（簡稱為ISP）同意加入網絡盜版的行列中，他們將會對懷疑非法下載文件的人發出信函，警告他們停止該非法活動。對代表英國唱片產業的BPI來說,這一天總算姍姍來遲。

Matt Phillips 是英國唱片產業協會的負責人。
這是一項難以置信的重要活動，我們毫無疑問一定會這么去做。我們首先看到的是網絡服務供應商首次認識到他們在這項活動中的作用，并且他們確實有責任來出來大量的非法共享的問題。

BPI估計，在英國只有二十分之一的人是通過合法渠道下載歌曲的，英國有650萬人非法共享文件。但是但是像英國開放權利集團等等認為通過政府壓迫來打擊盜版的方向是錯誤的。

我認為唱片產業將遺失大多數人，80%從網上下載歌曲的青少年。上個月的一項調查說，他們需要有一個合法的途徑。音像產業必須馬上把這個問題拿出來解決。

英國文化部的部長對政府的堅定立場絕不后悔。

你知道，我不能你袖手旁觀，眼睜睜的看著我們如此有創造性的產業的價值被貶低。如果他們將來要像我們期待的那樣成功，我們就必須不遺余力的保護他們的產權。

目前音樂產業正在實驗一系列創新型的音樂模式，比如支持廣告的音樂流，所有人可以下載的音樂指引服務，這些被認為是在今后的打擊盜版的活動中比較有效的武器。

單詞注解：

about-face徹底的改變
make no bones確信，毫無疑問