British Phonographic Industry asking for ISP’s help to curb piracy

British Phonographic Industry asking for ISP’s help to curb piracy

The British Phonographic Industry has asked the internet service providers in the country to help the curb piracy on the internet.

They are asking the ISPs in the country to suspend the accounts of 59 customers for illegal file sharing.

The BPI also said in a statement that the internet service providers in the country have to be pro-active to keep an eye on people who indulge in piracy on the web.

They have identified 17 Tiscali IP addresses and 42 Cable & Wireless IP addresses, which they claim were used to upload “significant quantities of music owned by BPI members”.

Although, they have the information (like the Internet Protocol address) related to the accounts of the pirating users, they would require the help of the service providers to identify the people who are using the net through these IPs.

The group has already taken the help of courts in 139 file sharing cases.