Copyright legislation could have serious ramifications for industries such as hospitality.

The Bill proposes to punish illegal file sharers in order to stem the revenue losses of copyright holders in industries such as film, music and software.

BIS estimates the cost to ISPs of the three strikes laws could be up to £500m. ISPs will have to monitor internet use to ensure that no copyrighted material is transferred, and then send warning letters to customer accounts used to share illegally downloaded content. The highest cost to ISPs will be the technical measures they will need to employ to restrict internet access if the warning letters do not work.

A spokesman for the British Hospitality Association (BHA) claimed that the organisation had been discussing the implications of the Bill with the government, but that its concerns had only been "noted".

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