Copyright

Voluntary copyright alert programme could be operational before end of 2014, says UK government

ISPs that issue subscribers with three letters within the space of a year would add the anonymous details of those customers to a 'copyright infringement list'.

Rights holders would be able to request access to the list each month and could seek a court order obliging the ISPs to disclose the identity of the suspected infringers so that they can take legal action against them under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act.

Ofcom has said the code will help rights holders to "focus legal action on the most persistent alleged infringers."