The Guardian: Warning to copyright enforcers: Three strikes and you’re out

The Guardian: Warning to copyright enforcers: Three strikes and you’re out
Cory Doctorow

I think we should permanently cut off the internet access of any company that sends out three erroneous copyright notices. Three strikes and you’re out, mate.

Having been disconnected, your customers can only find out about your product offerings by ringing you up and asking, or by requesting a printed brochure. Perhaps you could give all your salespeople fax machines so they can fax urgent information up and down the supply chain. And there’s always the phone – just make sure you’ve got a bunch of phone books in the office, because you’ll never Google another phone number.

Call it a modest proposal in the Swiftian sense if you must, but I’m deadly serious.