Someone coming up with tools to solve Paul's problems. Anyone can send an
XML formated notice to an ISP, and the user's Internet access is
automatically restricted. Spoofing?
Btw, the music industry has applied for a patent on the technique. Prior
art anyone?
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5194341.html
Known as the Automated Copyright Notice System (ACNS), the technology
promises to ease copyright enforcement on peer-to-peer networks, saving
schools and Internet service providers (ISPs) time and money. It would
allow them to restrict or cut off Internet access for alleged infringers
automatically on notice from a record label or movie studio. For
example, universities using ACNS could instantly send notices of
copyright infringement to students by e-mail and restrict their network
access until they have removed the file.
[...]
"We're helping the ISP or university with policy enforcement, we're not
dictating the policy but we're saying here's a tool to help with
automating the process. We're the friends of the ISP," said Mark
Ishikawa, chief executive officer of BayTSP, a Los Gatos, Calif.-based
company that is using the system on behalf of copyright holders.