Is that so many intelligent people have no idea how to sensibly quote email when replying....

Install jabberd2 with mysql backend and PSI for the client. Then ask me nicely for my roster scripts that ensure that all users see all users, grouped nicely etc..

Block 5269 to your jabber server and make sure your users do not have direct internet access and they can't use the server or the clients to talk to anyone outside your server then.

I have 3 Zyxel 200mb powerline adapters for streaming HD content to 2 Popcorn Hours. They work great.

Only fault I've found is one packed up (quickly replaced) and occasionally (twice now) I've had to unplug the server side one to get it responding.

So they charge everyone with broadband 20 quid to effectively allow them to legally download everything for free.

So no one will buy music/video again - they've already paid for it.

How will the money raised by this tax get distributed to the artists ?

Of course the answer is it won't. It will shore up the record companies, who will still bleat about people stealing music and use that as the excuse for the artists to get even further shafted.

Welcome to 21st Century Government - where the government's only purpose is to take your money from you and give it to whoever currently has their ear (and wallet).