UK ISPs Near Agreement On Illegal File Sharing

ISPreview UK writes "UK Music's chief executive, Feargal Sharkey, claims that progress has been made on a deal between the music industry and broadband ISPs to tackle illegal file sharing. The comments came during yesterday's annual Internet Service Providers' Association conference in Eversheds, with an ISPA spokesman confirming that 'some kind of agreement between rightholders and ISPs can be reached,' adding, 'everyone wants to work together to make legal online models work.' The news follows July's crucial Memorandum of Understanding agreement between copyright holders and six of the UK's largest ISPs, which account for roughly 90% of the country's broadband market. The initial agreement approved a principal of sending warning letters to customers who have been accused of downloading illegal music or movies."

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Somewhat dependant on comptency..

[PhilJC]

FTA: although some ISPs have tested warning letters with suspected customers.

I would have thought the first steps in correctly policing illegal filesharing was firstly to have a firm grip on who exactly your customers are..

And while I'm being pedantic:

The initial agreement approved a principal of sending warning letters to customers who have been accused of downloading illegal music or movies

And who's doing the accusing? the ISP or the music industry? Cos if I was the music industry I'd just accuse everyone in the UK three times and hey presto the UK is offline.