- Paid access to P2P sites
customers a monthly fee in exchange for
unlimited and legal access to currently illegal
file-sharing sites.
• Would be blocked unless purchased with a
subscription; money generated would go directly
to the artists and labels depending on download
volume
• According to one study, this plan could generate
up to $155 million in new revenue by 2013
- ISP-created P2P sites
customers
• Gives the Internet providers added incentive to
block access to illegal peer-to-peer programs as
they would be seen as competition
• ISPs are hesitant to employ this method because
of their inability to decide on whether or not such
a service would be mandatory
• If no, the customers who don't want it
would be made to pay for a service they
wouldn't use and they might leave their
current provider for another
• If yes, would that truly solve the problem?
How many people would opt to pay for a
program provided by their ISP in lieu of
continuing their current (possibly illegal)
downloading practices?
- Three-strike system
• Users would be sent a formal written warning
when illegal file sharing is detected from their
computer; once 3 letters have been issued the
user's Internet would be shut off
• Potential complications include customers
revolting when warned or if they believe they
have been wrongly accused of illegal activities
- Three-strike system variation
would be added to a registry instead of having
their service cut off
• Registry would allow the ISPs to charge a
premium rate to those users as they could be
deemed "higher risk"
• Other alternatives include a points system such as
the one in used withdriver's licenses. Points would
be assigned for each infraction after the initial 3
warning letters, and there would be penalties for
accruing a certain number of points
