This is a rubbish article. It confuses "theft" with "infringement". Mostly, it calls the action of infringement an "offense", but at one point it calls it an "infraction", The article fails to say who decides if an "offense" or "infraction" occurs. Usually, conviction of a crime requires some kind of judicial activity, but other sources report that mere accusation of infringement is what counts as an "infraction".<p>This whole scheme is most un-American. No presumption of innocence is made, no judicial review occurs, and there is no procedure in place to redress mistakes. The RIAA is a known un-American organization, seeking to undermine basic constitutional rights like Freedom of Speech, Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure, due process of law, and presumption of innocence. I call upon the ISPs in question to stop performing un-American actions, and diassociate themselves from the nearly-fascist RIAA and MPAA.