Karoo Won’t Disconnect Pirates Without a Court Order

At the end of July it was revealed that Karoo, an ISP serving the Hull area of northern England, was effectively operating a one-strike-and-you’re-out policy to deal with alleged copyright infringements. After a mountain of bad publicity, the ISP released a statement admitting that it had been “exceeding the expectations of copyright owners, the media and internet users.” Announcing a change in policy, Karoo said in future it would provide customers with three written notifications before their service was temporarily suspended. Although this rethink was fairly well received, at TorrentFreak we wanted to find out more.

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Karoo Won’t Disconnect Pirates Without a Court Order

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