Hollywood Controlled MPAA Pushing On ISPs To Disconnect Pirates

The MPAA wants Internet providers and services to take stronger

actions against persistent copyright infringers. Ideally, the most egregious pirates should lose their accounts permanently, the group says.

 To accomplish this ISPs should be required to track the number of notices they receive for each account.

 In recent weeks, many groups and individuals have voiced their opinions about the future of the DMCA, responding to a U.S. Copyright Office consultation.

 This includes the MPAA, which acts on behalf of the major Hollywood studios.

Whack-A-Mole

 In a 71-page submission the group outlines many problems with the current law, asking for drastic reforms.

 Ideally, the group would like search engines to enforce a "stay down" policy ensuring that content can't reappear under different URLs. In addition, it would like registrars to suspend domain names of pirate sites, such as The Pirate Bay.

 The problem is that ISPs don't necessarily see this abuse as a problem.