Legally you are not guilty of anything, so why should ISPs trust a total strangers word that a crime was committed and punish their paying customers?
If the RIAA, MPAA or anyone wants anything to be done to a user of an IP then they need to get a court order after they have convince a judge that a crime might have been committed. The judge can then order an ISP to identify the user and let the user defend themselves. Unless someone is guilty in a court of law the ISP should not do anything and they should not be obligated to do anything by some BS law.
The RIAA and MPAA should just be happy that some ISPs voluntarily will pass on a letter or email to the end user warning them to stop. -- Republicans: less fiscally conservative than that other party.
...why should ISPs trust a total strangers word that a crime was committed and punish their paying customers?
Exactly!! Just because some company says that this IP at this date was "infringing", what makes that true? What makes it actionable enough to warrant disconnecting an account?
Just because one kid on the playground claims another kid said a bad word doesn't make it true. -- John M - Cranky network guy
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