[A2k] UK ISPs Want Copyright Holders to Pay if Users Sue

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "After the recent draft
legislation in the UK, which would create a 'three strikes' policy to
cut off anyone accused of online piracy, the
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/12/anti_filesharing_paper_leak/
ISPs are asking for liability protection when users are wrongly
identified.
They're worried that when users are wrongly blamed for piracy, as has
happened in several widely-reported investigations already, they will
turn around and sue their ISP. The ISPs, of course, think that the
record
companies or whoever else wrongly identified the file sharers should be
the ones to pay out any such judgments. The British Phonographic
Industry, however, disagrees and wants the ISPs to simply use their
Terms of Service
to disconnect people. Apparently, that means they think that the ToS
should
be able to remove any legal recourse people might otherwise have against

being misidentified.

Regards,

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