UK ISPs Pen Open Letter To Government, Opposing Anti-Piracy Plan

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UK's largest ISPs have written an open letter to the government objecting to their proposed plan to ban people accused of downloading copyrighted material from the Internet.

The CEOs of these ISPs and some consumer groups, which include TalkTalk, BT, Orange UK, sent a joint letter to The Times newspaper attacking the government's stance on anti-piracy, claiming the proposal may lead to a "Kangaroo court" where innocent users do not get the chance to prove their innocence.

Furthermore, they attacked the fact that the cost of monitoring Internet usage would be passed onto ISPs and eventually customers, in essence asking Internet users who do not pirate anything (as those who pirate has already been kicked off the network) to pay for the protection of copyright that belongs to billion dollar corporations. The tax payer, through the overuse of the judicial system, will also be burdened with the cost of running such a system.

The open letter:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle6819093.ece