Warner Home Entertainment says: hand over users' IDs or no content for you!

DamnedIfIknow used our news submit to tell us that Warner Home Entertainment will
only give Internet Service Providers (ISP's) the license needed for
movie content distribution, if they provide Warner identifying
information about customers that request this service. A Dutch ISP refused to
give information about file-sharers and as a consequence, they won't get any
content at all!

During a seminar on "online piracy" in the Netherlands last week a representative of Warner Home Entertainment made it clear that Internet Service Providers won"t get movie content licensed, unless they provide the indentifying information of their customers on demand.In a concluding panel discussion at the seminar a representative of one of the Dutch ISPs said they declined to hand over the IDs of its file-sharing customers to anti-piracy organisation BREIN to protect their privacy. Warner Home Video"s Ruud Lamers responded that as long a the providers stick to this opinion they don"t have to expect any content from the major players.

DamnedIfIknow also
adds "What next? Hand over your first born?". It is visible that large
companies, specially related to the movie industry, want full control on the
end-user. Self-destroy DVD's, DRM, low price DVD's on the chinese market, raids
in Los Angeles, lawsuits...you name it. The end isn't near at all and I don't
really know what more would they like to control in the legal owner. Will
we have to ask permission to view the movies too or have some sort of
schedule?

Source: Constitutional Code