ISPA rejects calls for Internet monitoring

The group that represents Internet Service Providers in the UK, the ISPA, has rejected calls to monitor internet usage and cut off users that are sharing copyrighted material on a regular basis.

According to a recent report there have been calls for an umbrella group that represents the UK’s Internet Service Providers to monitor internet usage and to cut off users that are sharing copyrighted material on a regular basis. However, the group has said that it does not want to act as the internet police and has rejected these calls to take such action.

The Internet Service Providers’ Association has said that Internet Service Providers to not want to have to act as internet police, and that is believes that disconnecting internet users would be a ‘disproportionate response’. According to reports this view is also shared by the European Parliament. However, many creative industry bodies in the UK have been calling for ISPs to monitor internet usage and to cut off users that continue to ignore warnings about sharing copyrighted files.

The ISPA has said that current technology would not stand up in court even if it were to agree to these actions, and the group said: “ISPA members have consistently explained that significant technological advances would be required if these members are to reach a standard where they would be admissible as evidence in court.”

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However, an official from the UK Film Council said that there needs to be something that will encourage users to stop sharing these files. One official from the UK Film Council said: “You can send out all the cease and desist emails in the world, but ultimately if there isn’t any sanction with some sort of threat of disrupted broadband, then the threats are empty and will be ignored.”