According to this article Hollywood-based Warner Bros has started ordering Australian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to disconnect users for sharing copyright material. Thanks goes to NickSTAR for submitting this news:
Australian ISP Managers were today hotly debating the topic of what to do in response to the demands. Some ISPs advocated warning or disconnecting users, while others were seeking legal advice to confirm their view that US companies had no jurisdiction in Australian law. |
The company behind the letter is MediaForce, a New York based anti-piracy group that uses "advanced scanning techniques" to monitor piracy across the internet and report infringing users.
According to its website, the company monitors Napster/OpenNap, Aimster, Swapnut, Gnutella (Bearshare, Limewire & others), AudioGalaxy, Hotline, iMesh, KaZaA, Morpheus/MusicCity, Grokster, Xolox, FTP Sites and IRC.
The complete article, including the letter that MediaForce send to the Australian ISPs (which includes the network location where the infringement occurred, the number of repeat violations and available identifying information), can be read here.
Source: Whirlpool News
