The “three strikes” idea is used in a number of things. But in late amendments to an EU telecoms package to be voted on by the European Parliament, it might also apply to illegal file sharers.
The proposal is that those who been warned three times for illegal file sharing could see themselves banned from the Net, according to the BBC. Privacy groups claim that what was intended as a simple telecoms package, aimed at harmonizing services across the EU, has been hijacked by the anti-piracy lobby.
