Three strikes, and you're, erm, waiting for a fourth: Deal disconnects BPI

Published: July 24, 2008, 2:35 am

Tags: bpi, three strikes, file sharing, isps

The long spat between ISPs and the BPI is over, with a truce being signed that leaves the British Music Industry playing the Emperor Hirohito role: apparently remaining in power, but pretty roundly defeated.The BPI had wanted ISPs to send letters giving three warnings to customers the music industry believed they had identified as sharing illegal files, and then cut them off.Instead, the ISPs have agreed that, if the BPI tell them a customer is sharing copyrighted material without permission, they'll send them a letter. And, erm, that's it. No threat of disconnection, or indeed any legal consequences.Given that the BPI claims that it only targets people who share a lot, and that those people are well aware what they're doing is wrong, it's effectively forced the ISPs to, erm, send people a letter which tells people nothing they don't know.Oh, hang on, though: the ISPs have caved on one point:The plan commits the firms to working towards a "significant reduction" in the illegal sharing

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