Verizon Terminating Copyright Infringers’ Internet Access

Verizon is terminating internet service to an unknown number of repeat copyright scofflaws, a year after suggesting it was not adopting a so-called graduated-response policy. While it was not immediately clear whether other internet service providers were following suit, the move comes as the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America are lobbying ISPs and Congress to support terminating internet access for repeat, online copyright offenders. All the while, the United States has been privately lobbying the European Union to “encourage” so-called three strikes policies , according to leaked documents surrounding a proposed international intellectual property accord.

Tags: america, congress, copyright offender, european, industry, isps, picture, providers, recording, result, riaa, treaty-document, under-verizon