Michael Geist’s article in yesterday’s Star is worth a read. Michael talks about the second thoughts various governments are having to proposals (called the “three strikes” or “graduated response” policy) that would have ISP’s terminate subscribers for repeated file sharing activities.

Michael is absolutely right that such a policy would be a bad idea, for reasons he explains in his article. Those of you who read my Free Press article from yesterday won’t be surprised that I agree with Michael – I took the same position, albeit based on a different fact situation.

The bottom line is that ISP’s and web hosts should not be required to police their users or provide some sort of judicial oversight over user activity.

Read Michael’s column