Download a File, Lose Your Internet Service
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:53 am
Legislation expected to be introduced in United Kingdom next week reportedly proposes to legally require Internet providers to warn, suspend, and even terminate service for users suspected of knowingly downloading copyrighted music and movies.
Broadband companies who fail to enforce the “three-strikes†regime would be prosecuted and suspected customers’ details could be made available to the courts. The Government has yet to decide if information on offenders should be shared between ISPs. Six million broadband users are estimated to download files illegally every year in this country in a practice that music and film companies claim is costing them billions of pounds in lost revenue annually.
Broadband companies who fail to enforce the “three-strikes†regime would be prosecuted and suspected customers’ details could be made available to the courts. The Government has yet to decide if information on offenders should be shared between ISPs. Six million broadband users are estimated to download files illegally every year in this country in a practice that music and film companies claim is costing them billions of pounds in lost revenue annually.