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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
If you're caught speeding on camera, you can provide evidence that you were elsewhere at the time. If your ISP records your IP address downloading/uploading something, they should have specific enough records that you might be able to say "I was at work/on vacation/shopping at that time." Or the less-direct, "we always watch [favorite sitcom] at that time; the whole family was glued to the TV set that hour; check with our friends & they'll tell you that we don't even answer the phone then."
Which, if the case went to court, the person accused of downloading would have the opportunity to do. As I understand the current law, there's no opportunity to say, "I have evidence that that wasn't me;" the internet access is cut off on the basis of the accusation, not any kind of proof.
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My understanding is that the final stage of the process - the temporary suspension of internet access - would involve some sort of appeals tribunal. But, given that the law does not yet exist, nobody yet knows. Perhaps we should wait and see what the law actually turns out to be before imagining the worst?