Internet piracy appeal fee challenged by Consumer Focus
Found on BBC News on Tuesday, 26 June 2012
Suspected internet pirates will have 20 working days to appeal against allegations of copyright infringement and must pay £20 to do so, according to revised plans to enforce the UK's Digital Economy Act.
Campaign group Consumer Focus chief executive Mike O'Connor said: "Copyright infringement is not to be condoned, but people who are innocent should not have to pay a fee to challenge accusations."
"We urge ISPs to begin building their systems now and to work constructively with rights holders, Ofcom and government to get notice-sending up and running as soon as possible," said John Smith, general secretary of the Musicians' Union."
I urge the entertainment industry to begin building their systems now and to work constructively with the Internet and users. The filelocker services (who are obviously a target too) should quickly switch to SSL transfers so that snooping ISPs can't monitor what their users are doing.