Reports that France will soon implement laws requiring ISPs to terminate the Internet connections of people who engage in rogue filesharing activities sent ripples through the online community. It looks like the French may have started a trend, as there are plans in the UK for a similar attack on filesharing folks.

Ministers are going after people in the UK who use filesharing services to download pirated material. The whole thing would work similarly to how it would in France, with filesharing Internet users getting three strikes before their connections are cut.

The Government will make its position clear next week, but it doesn’t look good. Six million people in the UK download files illegally every year, apparently.

There are a lot of gaps in this attack on filesharing. If you are banned by one ISP, can you sign up with another? And what if someone else uses your connection through wireless?

We can’t imagine how this approach to filesharing is going to work. People should rebel and go on strike.

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