The Financial Times says that tension between the record companies and the ISPs is increasing. It quotes John Kennedy, head of the International Federation of Phonographic Industries: “It’s been a year since I asked for (the ISP’s) cooperation, and I’ve effectively had zero response,”

Litigation is threatened. According to the FT:

He said he wanted ISPs to send out warnings to customers who downloaded music illegally and then cut them off from using their services if they refused to stop. “If it’s easy enough to cut them off if they don’t pay their bills, it’s easy enough to cut them off if they infringe copyright laws.”