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UK ISP Disconnects Customers For File Sharing

Posted by kdawson on from the one-strike-and-you're-dead dept.

think_nix writes "Karoo, an ISP in Hull, in the UK, is disconnecting subscribers without warning if they file-share, or are even suspected of file-sharing. Karoo is the only ISP in the area. Copyright owners are working with the ISP helping them identify and report suspected filesharers using their services. In order to get service restored, subscribers have to go to Karoo's office and sign a form admitting guilt and promising not to do it again. The article states that some subscribers have had their access cut off for more than two years." Update: 07/24 16:29 GMT by KD : The Register is reporting that Karoo has relented and has changed its policy. A spokesman said: "It is evident that we have been exceeding the expectation of copyright owners..."

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  1. Here's a plan by Drakkenmensch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get the IP address of the Karoo president, and denounce him to the Karoo tech as the originator of suspicious copyrighted file sharing. Hilarity ensues.

    1. Re:Here's a plan by CopaceticOpus · · Score: 4, Funny

      Alternately, park outside his house and/or outside the Karoo offices, hack into a wireless router, and download as much music as you can.

      I particularly like the idea of some Karoo tech setting some options to block a reported IP, and then asking, "Hey, did our network go down?"

  2. Silly Karoo by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently "kangaroo court" is now "karoo court"...