Rightscorp is an anti-piracy organization based in the US. The organization in question requires ISPs to lock down programs browsing of repeat infringers of copyright law in order to force them to pay their fines.
RightsCorp, Inc. is a well-known collecting company that works with the entertainment industry. It is located in Los Angeles and its sole purpose is to discover copyright offenders. He then contacts the ISPs or the offender himself, informing him of the fine he has paid by email or regular mail.
If all of the above, for repetitive copyright infringement actions, fails, the company can bring legal actions on behalf of its clients (the true copyright owners).
According to TorrentFreak, Rightscorp has financial difficulties, and losses for two years.
In a desperate attempt to bring finances to a better position, Rightscorp is studying a new debt collection scenario.
Instead of having to pursue copyright offenders with ignored emails, Rightscorp plans to block the user's browser every time they go online.
The only hindrance to their design is that the only ones that have the technical capabilities to do so are Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
On the one hand, ISPs know that blocking a user's browser due to the amount of a fine by a non-legal entity such as Rightscorp is very difficult, as some (if not all) users may choose to change Internet Service Provider.
Of course, if ISPs receive too many notifications about copyright offenders, and do not do anything, there is a risk that they will have legal consequences.
This is because the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) of the US expressly states that an ISP that does not take action against repeat copyright infringers loses safe harbor protection.
Rightscorp reports that if ISPs cooperate with their new system Scalable Copyright will only lock users' browsers, and promises no legal liability.
This new system will allow Rightscorp and ISPs to lock a user's browser for their online activities based on their own evaluation.
If this happens, and Rightscorp actually starts bombarding users with copyright strikes, turmoil is expected as offenders will try to defend themselves in any way.
