British downloadverdachten now have to pay for appeal

0
307

Britons who are suspected of copyright infringement on the internet should, from 2014, twenty pounds to pay against the allegations in the appeal. Who within a year of three warning letters, and risking a lawsuit.

If a user is suspected of any copyrighted material is downloaded, the internet provider him send a letter, reports the BBC. If within a year it happens three times, can copyright holders to request information about the nature of the infringement. Users can in that period to appeal, but now seems to need twenty pounds to be paid in, converted about 25 euro. British consumentenbelangenbehartigers are not pleased with it; according to them, users should be innocent until the contrary is proven.

In the data that are transferred to the copyright holder is not the name of the subscriber. This requires the isp to submit a request to the court. So should the ‘most persistent’ auteursrechtschenders can be addressed.