ISP says RIAA Must Pay for Piracy Protection
So the RIAA says it is giving up on mass lawsuits (here) to focus on combating piracy at the ISP level. Too bad for them that some ISPs don't feel like doing the RIAA's dirty work for free.
So the RIAA says it is giving up on mass lawsuits (here) to focus on combating piracy at the ISP level. Too bad for them that some ISPs don't feel like doing the RIAA's dirty work for free.
According to Scroggin, if RIAA representatives ask the help of his ISP, they had better bring their checkbook--and leave the legal threats at home. Scroggin said that he receives several notices each month with requests that he remove suspected file sharers from his network. Each time, he gets such a notice from an entertainment company, he sends the same reply. "I ask for their billing address," Scroggin said. "Usually, I never hear back."