ISP Stops Suspending Accounts On Copyright Accusations
Following iiNet’s huge win over anti-piracy group AFACT, Aussie ISP Exetel has taken steps to soften its copyright infringement notice procedures and will no longer suspend accounts on mere accusations.
On February 4th, Australian Internet service provider iiNet won its court battle against several Hollywood studios.
Justice Dennis Cowdroy announced that iiNet was not responsible for the infringements of its subscribers when they shared copyright material using BitTorrent.
In the wake of this decision, ISP Exetel says it will modify long-standing procedures it has in place to forward infringement notices to its customers on behalf of copyright holders.
Previously customer access to the Internet was temporarily blocked while they either denied the infringement allegations or apologized to rights holders. Shortly this will change. In an email to customers the company said;
“We will continue to send any infringement notices we receive in the future, but before the end of February we will not require the user to acknowledge receipt of it nor will we temporarily block the customer’s internet access.”
“Subject to final legal advice, and re-coding time and testing, we will in future simply send the infringement notice to the registered ‘owner’ of the service,” the company added.
It seems the iiNet decision has clarified the position and responsibilities of ISPs, but not necessarily in the direction that copyright holders would’ve liked.
This is terrific news for the Aussies!
P2P = Boost Evolution
Aussie ISP Exetel = Primitive
Solution = Boycot Exetel.
This man is clearly an hero.
According to Azureus Wiki’s Bad ISPs Exetel just like Singtel Optus Asia throttles BitTorrent
So yeah
Do they have customers at all? I mean, i would never subscribe to Exetel if I can choose iiNet instead^^
This is exactly what ISPs should do: Forward the notice, but take no further action and not give any information to the complainant without a legal court order to do so.
[...] ISP Stops Suspending Accounts On Copyright Accusations Following iiNet’s huge win over anti-piracy group AFACT, Aussie ISP Exetel has taken steps to soften its copyright infringement notice procedures and will no longer suspend accounts on mere accusations. [...]
It was never really a suspension… Exetel simply put a block page up… you simply said yes I have fixed the issue or no, I have no idea and your internet was back on instantly. Other ISPs can and will disconnect you on multiple accusations.
Exetel do not shape bittorrent traffic anymore either… they operate p2p cache servers and have no need too anymore. Even when they were shaping I never saw it in effect and tested it too. I was getting 2 MB/s on a 18mbps line.
why the hate for exetel?
They are the only good ISP in a world of expensive ones, just check whirlpool.
Speeds are fine, and I can download over 100gb a month on ADSL1, all the alternatives cost double. Its just cause exetel is for advanced users that internet n00bs dont like them, but its okay, you can stick with Telstra.
Plus its not the throttling of data you need to be worried about, its the filtering thanks to Steve Conroy