| | By Nick Farrell in Rome @ Thursday, March 19, 2009 6:53 AM
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| | Internet security providers (ISPs) who are thinking of adopting “three strikes and you are out” policy against suspected P2P might be a little alarmed by the experience of a New Zealand outfit.
 The music and movie business has been pushing such a policy where the ISP shuts off the file sharer on its say so.
In New Zealand there was a law going through parliament called Section 92, which seems to have stalled after a change of government which would have made such a scenario happen.
However, Worldxchange, has already implemented a Secton 92 policy for its 20,000 strong customer base.
According to the New Zealand Herald, one customer who said their connection was terminated last year after an allegation of copyright infringement was made. It turned out that the ISP had received an allegation that the customer’s IP was linked to file-sharing that infringed copyright.
The problem is that the movie and film industry has always been a bit flaky about providing solid evidence that a person has been filesharing. And this information is being used to cut off people's internet connections.
Worldxchange is now getting a canning in the Kiwi media for the policy. It has had to admit that it is only disconnecting home users and not lucrative companies who might sue them if there is a cock up. Clearly it does not feel that the movie and film industry's 'evidence' is up to scratch.
The feeling is that if Section 92 is thrown out, and Worldxchange keeps its policy, it could start losing customers in droves. X
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