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British ISPs will be responsible for 25% of the cost of implementing the recently passed online anti-piracy measure in the UK. The measures include the sending of warning letters to users suspected of downloading pirated content. The rest of the cost, the 75%, will be picked up by rightsholders.
ISPs are already against the measure, which they say will be ineffective. "It doesn't matter how many sites are blocked, how many families are snooped on or how many customers are disconnected, music fans who want to can and will get the content they want online for free," said UK ISP TalkTalk's director of strategy and regulation, Andrew Heaney.
ISPs also argue that the rightsholders are the sole beneficiaries of any anti-piracy action, and so they should foot the entire bill. Rightsholders argue that ISPs profit from pirates signing up to fast and large bandwidth accounts, and even requested ISPs to pay for investigative costs, something the government rejected.
Another change introduced is the appeal of any allegations of piracy, which will now be free of charge, although the government reserves the right to charge a small appeals fee in the future if it deems too many people are taking advantage of the appeals process.
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ISPs are already against the measure, which they say will be ineffective. "It doesn't matter how many sites are blocked, how many families are snooped on or how many customers are disconnected, music fans who want to can and will get the content they want online for free," said UK ISP TalkTalk's director of strategy and regulation, Andrew Heaney.
ISPs also argue that the rightsholders are the sole beneficiaries of any anti-piracy action, and so they should foot the entire bill. Rightsholders argue that ISPs profit from pirates signing up to fast and large bandwidth accounts, and even requested ISPs to pay for investigative costs, something the government rejected.
Another change introduced is the appeal of any allegations of piracy, which will now be free of charge, although the government reserves the right to charge a small appeals fee in the future if it deems too many people are taking advantage of the appeals process.
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