Digital Britain: ISPs will have to cut filesharing by 70% under new proposals

- British ISP's will be required to cut illegal filesharing on their networks.

- President infringers could see their details passed on to rights holders, namely music and film companies as well as games and software companies, which could sue them in court. In extreme cases certain offenders could see themselves being ban from particular sites and a slow internet connection.

- ISP's have already begun to object to the idea. In a statement, Orange said that it would be willing to maintain records of those "most frequently accused" of copyright infringement to help rights-holders take legal action – "but we would not agree to funding this process ourselves".

- If the proposal is accepted and ISP's fail to have a 70% reduction on illegal file-sharing the government will require it to use its "backstop" powers to introduce further measures.

- "Users are technically savvy and, even if challenged, many will simply set up further user accounts or sign up to overseas ISPs."