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According to sources familiar with the program, Verizon will soon start sending copyright violation notices on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America [RIAA] to customers, who illegally pirate music files on the Internet. At the moment, the program will be just part of a test.

The way the program works is that the RIAA will send the letters to Verizon, who in turn will issue them to its customers accused of pirating music files. The letter advises the file sharers to delete the files they distribute, but it does not include any threats of service termination, or talks of a “graduated response,” which is what the RIAA calls it when an ISP gradually issues penalties

The program is similar to what other ISPs have done in the past.

[ CNET ]