The beeb are reporting that lawmakers are considering drafting legislation that would ban Filesharers from the internet should they be found to be sharing copyrighted content without authorisation.

Some of the UK’s biggest internet providers, such as BT, Virgin and Tiscali have been in talks with the entertainment industry over introducing a voluntary scheme for policing pirate activity, but no agreement has been reached.

You might ask why this interests us over the pond, well as is too often the case, lawmakers in the republic copy/paste legislation from the UK - if this goes through it presents a worrying trend that could translate to Irish Internet users.

[bbc online]