If you love downloading the latest movies and music perhaps its time you really stopped. Internet service providers (ISPs), including BT and Virgin Media, will be legally required to take action against users who access illegal material. Under draft proposals to be unveiled next week, users suspected of wrongfully downloading films or music will be first sent a warning email to stop. For a second infringement, they will receive a suspension - and if caught a third time, their contract will be terminated. So all we can say is that you just have 3 chances left, make sure you download something worth losing your net service. It seems that the draft clearly has learnt of all the workings of a torrent file, so time to wrap-up your mischief & come clean. Obviously if you're a visitor to this site your not unfamiliar to torrents we assume. Broadband companies who fail to enforce the "three-strikes" regime would be prosecuted and suspected customers' details could be made available to the courts. A similar system already operates in France and the US, and the Government believes it could work successfully in the UK. The Government has yet to decide if information on offenders should be shared between ISPs. Six million broadband users are estimated to download files illegally every year in this country in a practice that music and film companies' claim is costing billions of pounds in lost revenue annually.

This time it clearly seems that the studious are after the ISPs who now have to monitor every user's activity on their grid. This could make your net service rental a little more expensive to curb the added expenses. Interestingly the ISP's would take such steps to battle illegal downloads and not child p0rn.
Via - Reuters