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Major ISPs Deny Plans to Help RIAA Disconnect File-Sharers

By soulxtc

Certainly hesitant about terminating customers amidst economic downturn, but some may be quietly assisting and trying to avoid customer backlash and negative PR. It's been almost 3 weeks now that the RIAA announced that it decided to quit suing individual file-sharers a few months ago and would instead target ISPs for their cooperation in terminating the Internet connections of customers repeatedly accused of illegal file-sharing. But as it makes this tactical adjustment, the RIAA will have to abandon its largely go-it-alone lawsuit strategy in favor of a more cooperative approach that will require the participation of cable companies, telecommunications carriers, public officials and legislators. Enlisting the ISPs as allies, however, hasn't been an easy task. The RIAA claims it has secured the cooperation of leading ISPs in its graduated-response efforts, but RIAA general counsel Steve Marks would not disclose which ones are.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on January 06, 2009 (boomark / email).