Singapore considering "three strikes" anti-piracy law...

Singaporean authorities are studying a law that would cut off the Internet access of users who receive three warnings to stop downloading pirated content, the Straits Times newspaper reported.

Apparently a version of the "three strikes" law already proposed in several countries and implemented in South Korea, the law being studied in Singapore would allow authorities to cut off Internet access for any person who receives three warnings to stop downloading pirated content, the reportsaid.

At the time of writing, a spokeswoman for the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), a government regulatory body that advises policy makers on copyright law, had not responded to a request for comment. More...

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