According to reports in the international media this week, five major Dutch internet service providers (ISPs) have agreed to assist the country's entertainment industry in cracking down on the illegal downloading of music and films.
Following a 2003 ruling by the Supreme Court which stated that although the file sharing software itself is not illegal, end users can be prosecuted for using it to share copyrighted content, anti-piracy organisation, the Brain Institute has found itself in a somewhat similar position to its US counterparts, such as the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America.
The ISPs have reportedly agreed to pass on letters from the Brain Institute to customers who use file sharing services, demanding that they pay for copyrighted material downloaded.
However, they have refused to give the names and addresses of such customers directly to the anti-piracy organisation.
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