Internet service providers (ISPs) will decide whether libraries, cafes and other public Wi-Fi network providers should be served with letters warning them that their service is being used to infringe copyright, Ofcom’s head of copyright has said.In a speech seen by Out-Law.com, Justin Le Patourel told an audience at the Westminster Media Forum that ISPs will be able to decide whether to apply the rules of Ofcom’s proposed anti-piracy code to the Wi-Fi providers in the first instance. He said, though, that it may be left to a new independent appeals body to clarify the scope of its code.
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ISPs will first determine whether public Wi-Fi providers are subject to UK anti-piracy code, Ofcom says
Internet service providers will decide whether libraries, cafes and other public Wi-Fi network providers should be served with letters warning them that their service is being used to infringe copyright, Ofcom’s head of copyright has said.