Representatives from French Internet Service Providers including Wanadoo, Tiscali France, Club-Internet, Free and Noos on Wednesday agreed to join a government-backed campaign designed to clamp down on the use of peer-to-peer downloading services.
In an attempt to pre-empt the introduction of tough legislation such as the United States' Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), the ISPs signed the charter alongside record labels and other music industry groups.
Under the terms of the agreement, which was driven by the French Finance, Culture and Industry Ministries, the ISPs will use "termination or suspension clauses" against subscribers caught illegally downloading content, will send warning messages to their customers on request by copyright holders, and will "act immediately" upon the issuance of court orders to cut the service of offending subscribers.
Speaking to the Associated Press, however, Club-Internet chief executive and head of the country's Association of Internet Service Providers, Christine Levet sought to reassure internet users by revealing that her firm and others like it "will cut subscriptions only upon the decision of a judge".
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