UK ISP Will Force Pirates to Remove File-Sharing Apps
https://sp-security.blogspot.com/2017/02/uk-isp-will-force-pirates-to-remove.html
British
Internet service providers are prepared to notify their subscribers
about the facts that their accounts are used for sharing copyrighted
content without permission. Although the UK campaign will be purely
educational, one of the UK ISPs announced that persistent infringers
will be asked to remove file-sharing clients from their devices.
Assisted by the rights owners, British Internet service providers will send email notifications to their subscribers if their accounts are used to share copyright-infringing material. The notifications will educate the Internet users about legal alternatives and are aimed to decrease piracy rates over time. Major British broadband providers have already posted advisories on their websites. If you worry that you can lose your broadband access due to piracy, you may relax – no punishment is so far attached to the campaign. However, Sky has enforced some obstacles for repeat infringers. In its emails, it requests the recipients to “take immediate steps to remove or disable any file-sharing software that is being used to share copyrighted content illegally” in case of finding out that the subscriber is a persistent file-sharer.
At the same time, it is unknown what will happen if the users refuse to remove the file-sharing software or get caught again. In the meantime, many Internet service providers reserved the rights to terminate accounts of persistent pirates. TalkTalk confirmed that it wouldn’t report subscribers to the police; Virgin said it wouldn’t share any personal details with the rights owners without a court order.
In fact, it is not surprising that Sky is the only ISP who has chosen a more aggressive approach, since it is a major copyright holder itself.
Thanks to TorrentFreak for providing the source of the article.
Assisted by the rights owners, British Internet service providers will send email notifications to their subscribers if their accounts are used to share copyright-infringing material. The notifications will educate the Internet users about legal alternatives and are aimed to decrease piracy rates over time. Major British broadband providers have already posted advisories on their websites. If you worry that you can lose your broadband access due to piracy, you may relax – no punishment is so far attached to the campaign. However, Sky has enforced some obstacles for repeat infringers. In its emails, it requests the recipients to “take immediate steps to remove or disable any file-sharing software that is being used to share copyrighted content illegally” in case of finding out that the subscriber is a persistent file-sharer.
At the same time, it is unknown what will happen if the users refuse to remove the file-sharing software or get caught again. In the meantime, many Internet service providers reserved the rights to terminate accounts of persistent pirates. TalkTalk confirmed that it wouldn’t report subscribers to the police; Virgin said it wouldn’t share any personal details with the rights owners without a court order.
In fact, it is not surprising that Sky is the only ISP who has chosen a more aggressive approach, since it is a major copyright holder itself.
Thanks to TorrentFreak for providing the source of the article.
