Britons Find Disconnecting Pirates Unpopular Option

A study conducted by ISPreview.co.uk found that disconnecting alleged P2P butt pirates was a highly unpopular option in battling the transfer of unauthorized material. The UK and France are at the center of a potentially groundbreaking shift in anti-piracy policy, as the entertainment industry is pushing for a "three strikes" approach to stifling unauthorized distribution. The "three strikes" policy basically works like this. Let's say you're caught uploading a copyrighted work online. Ok, no big deal. You receive a letter from your ISP, and they tell you never do it again. But you don't listen. You're caught uploading again, and in response, you receive a second letter. This time, they're serious and tell you sin no more, and if you do, you'll be disconnected. But you ignore the letter, and again continue business as usual. Once caught a third time, your ISP will then proceed to cancel your account and blacklist your name. Ouch. What seems like a home run approach to piracy is anything but. The policy, which was about to launch in New Zealand, has been met with staunch opposition. As a result, the revised policy that was supposed to go live last month has instead been delayed until March 27th - and there's no guarantee that it will be enacted.

Source: http://www.slyck.com/story1843_Britons_Find_Disconnecting_Pirates_Unpopular_Option