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Re: I Don't Get It said by jmn1207:Why would so many ISP's agree to cooperate? Is it threats or bribes that are influencing the decision for ISP's to volunteer to assist? In this case, it was a potential loss by the ISP in an Irish court that prompted the settlement:
As part of the settlement reached after proceedings in an Irish court on Wednesday, the companies agreed to supply Eircom with the IP addresses of people they detect illegally uploading or downloading copyrighted works on a "peer-to-peer" basis.
"High Court proceedings ... have been settled on an amicable basis with both sides expressing satisfaction with the outcome," Eircom said in a joint statement with the record companies. More info from an Irish news web site:
»irishdev.com/Home/News/271-eirco···tes.html
»www.siliconrepublic.com/news/art···-pirates
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