Code Project details on "three strikes of the new policy for illegal downloads, which will take effect from March 2014

illegal downloads will begin receiving warning letters to Internet service providers from 1 March 2014, under a draft code for the system of government anti-piracy digital, established by the controller means Ofcom.

Under the draft code, released Tuesday by the regulator, the largest ISP in the UK - BT, Everything Everywhere, O2, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media Group - will be necessary to send letters to customers warning them when there is a complaint of an enterprise of film, television or music that has been illegally downloading your computer.

Internet users who receive three warning letters in one year will face their information anonymously downloading and file sharing forever the history of copyright owners, which could then be used to obtain a court order to disclose the identity of the customer and take legal action against piracy.

Internet users can appeal against a report on the alleged violation, at a cost of £ 20, returnable if successful.

Ofcom said that, given the logistics involved in the establishment of a board of appeal and other necessary materials for the draft code, which develops anti-piracy provisions Act 2010 in the Digital Economy UK Internet users will not begin receiving letters until 1 March 2014.

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project - which, after a consultation period should pass through parliament by the end of the year - also provides a breakdown of the costs of installing and operating the new system. Much as 75% of costs shall be borne by the holders.

Consultation on the violation of copyright

in the line of code closes July 26. Specific consultation on the allocation of costs to monitor the code runs until September 18.

Legislation

piracy has been the focus of a two-year battle between the rights holders - those who wanted a much more difficult, and reduce or cut the Internet connections repeat offenders - and ISPs, who argued that it should have to foot the bill for the implementation of the repression of piracy.

In March 2012, BT and TalkTalk last lost a legal challenge to force a judicial review of the Digital Economy Act, that their opposition was rejected by the Court of Appeal.

While copyright owners can already apply for court orders against digital pirates, the new code is designed so that they can take action against alleged infringers of the most persistent.

Ofcom and the government say the new code has been carefully balanced to help industries in the UK creative to defend its intellectual property, while protecting consumer rights.

"digital revenues are up, the music and film industry are moving in the right direction, however, this policy is still very heavy forward," said Killock.

"Resources are a joke. Some people will almost certainly end up in court after having done nothing wrong. "

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