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I've only been looking into this for a short time after finding this forum and looking through the threads so I might have gotten things mixed up. Great site by the way.

I thought that the digital economy act or digital britain act not sure if there is a difference would force isps to hand over this sort of information so that if a rights holder wants to go to court and get a order the isp would be forced to go along with it or face consequences like fines or something. I also couldn't see how an isp could support say someone like the bpi but then say no to someone else surely they would be able to argue that they were trying to protect their rights to and were not being allowed to do so. From what I've read people will get warnings first under the new laws but that rights holders don't have to do that.

From what I've read its all about the court orders being granted in the first place but it would be strange to me that you would have grounds to contest one in the case of acs but not contest another by the bpi. I can imagine the bpi process to be more robust but is there any controls being set up as guide lines for other companies and would they be forced to reveal there methods?

I suppose if it all about the money then they will go after the isps which don't put up a fight but as more and more isps might start to do this with acs and their clients they might have to to go up against one of the isps who refuse such as talk talk or virgin.