Los Angeles - A group of Internet service providers in Denmark has rejected proposals from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) trade group, which demanded they institute a "three strikes" policy toward file-swappers on their networks, TorrentFreak reported.

In a statement, the Danish ISPs said they would not take part in the "detection and monitoring" of its subscribers that was proposed by the IFPI.

"The Internet must be protected as a credible media, where each citizen can feel comfortable with the certainty that he will be on an equal footing with other media, such as confidentiality of correspondence in the mail, etc," the ISPs said in the statement.

"The proposals that have been seen by others in the European debate, which have also been raised in Denmark - for example, to disconnect users or deny users Internet access - will counteract this objective, and is in no way proportionate to the situation."

Recently, ISPs in the U.K. agreed to send out warnings to repeat file-swappers, but are not disconnecting users, whereas in France the law now stipulates that ISPs must disconnect repeat file-swappers.

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