Nate Anderson of pointed out that the announcement's alleged focus on education is questionable since content owners have historically sued subscribers "securing absurd multimillion dollar judgments." He also says that mitigation measures result from private, unverified accusations.

Hillel Parness, partner with trial firm Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, told that the ISPs roles need to be better defined -- he's not sure if they will actively seek out illegal activities or just respond to notices from the copyright owners. Parness also speculates that ISPs may be getting involved to remove any P2P strain on their networks.

reader Scary Devil Monastery recommends using a proxy or VPN to mask Internet activity from ISPs. Reader Violate0 suggests that content pirates can use file lockers and news servers to avoid third-party watching.