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UK High Court Sides With Creative Industry

  • Reuters, Wednesday, March 7, 2012 3 AM

British Internet users who download music or movies illegally face having their connections slowed and/or suspended now that the Court of Appeal has ruled against ISPs BT and TalkTalk. ISPs will have to send escalating warning letters to suspected customers. France and New Zealand have similar laws but a massive online protest in January stopped a similar move in the U.S. It is now up to regulator Ofcom to explain how the process will work.

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