UK's 'Three Strikes' Piracy Measures Published

Posted by timothy on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @04:56AM from the talk-about-micromanagement dept.

judgecorp writes "UK regulator Ofcom has published details of plans to disconnect illegal file-sharers. It is the 'three strikes' policy which ISPs unsuccessfully appealed against, and it requires ISPs to keep a list of persistent copyright infringers (identified, as usual, by their IP address). ISPs will have to send monthly warning letters to those who infringe above a certain threshold. If a user gets three letters within a single year, the ISP must hand anonymised details to the copyright owner, who can apply for a court order to obtain the infringer's identity (or at least, an identity associated with that IP address)."

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£20 to appeal by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-26 05:16 · Score: 5, Informative

Yes thats right, even though it is only an accusation, it will cost the innocent £20 to deny the accusation! telegraph article
Re:Please, Please, Please start a trend. by Mordok-DestroyerOfWo · 2012-06-26 05:41 · Score: 5, Informative

The key difference is that driving recklessly is a physical danger to other motorists, downloading of copyright material has zero physical impact.

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