UK ISPs will soon send written warnings to suspected pirates

UK ISPs will begin sending out emails to subscribers later this month, warning them of movie, TV and music piracy identified on their connection and pointing them to legal content sources. Providers confirmed to ISPreview the voluntary programme will kick off later this month, with Virgin Media offering more details on how it'll work. If the ISP can link the IP address with a subscriber account, it'll send an email expected to contain an itemisation of the media in question, as well as links to bona fide content sources and other educational, anti-piracy resources. Torrents are the main target here, since it's easy to identify IP addresses due to the peer-to-peer nature of the network (as long as there's no VPN at play). Tracking people that turn to other sources of illegal media, such as direct download sites, is more complex.