In 2009, the head of BT's consumer division called the record industry's claims "melodramatic" and said that ISPs would suffer more in costs incurred by the rules than the total amount of losses caused by internet piracy.

With the majority of the DEA's provisions intact following the judicial review, internet freedom campaign organisation Open Rights Group warned of potentially grave unintended consequences, such as the threat to publicly available Wi-Fi connections and the risk of innocent users having their connection withdrawn.