Under these new regulations, each Member State can freely determine the motives which would lead them to cut off user’s internet access and, subsequently, the downloading of copyrighted files.
Without a doubt, the most controversial aspect of these regulations is the possibility of disconnecting a user through a not necessarily judicial, inter parte proceeding in those cases in which illegal downloading has occurred.
Member States have until mid-2011 to transpose the new rules.
For further information, please contact Eric Jordi: [email protected]