MPAA Wants ISPs to Disconnect Persistent Pirates (torrentfreak.com)

Ernesto Van der Sar, reporting for TorrentFreak: The MPAA wants Internet providers and services to take stronger actions against persistent copyright infringers. Ideally, the most egregious pirates should lose their accounts permanently, the group says. To accomplish this ISPs should be required to track the number of notices they receive for each account. In recent weeks, many groups and individuals have voiced their opinions about the future of the DMCA, responding to a U.S. Copyright Office consultation. This includes the MPAA, which acts on behalf of the major Hollywood studios. In a 71-page submission the group outlines many problems with the current law, asking for drastic reforms. Ideally, the group would like search engines to enforce a "stay down" policy ensuring that content can't reappear under different URLs. In addition, it would like registrars to suspend domain names of pirate sites, such as The Pirate Bay.The problem is that ISPs don't necessarily see this abuse as a problem.

Comments

Re:Why is enforcement the ISP's responsibility?

[Anonymous Coward]

the MPAA is full of notorious pirates who say they changed your story just enough to legally use it without paying you. If you do not like it they would like you to meet their kennel of voracious lawyers who will devour your resources.

Re:I have a better idea

[GrumpySteen]

This already happens in some places. Take Belgium, for example.