Looks like there was a pretty big deal struck between the RIAA, MPAA and most major ISPs. They are going to work together in an "education" style system of copyright enforcement. Basically it will work like this:
If you are suspected of copyright violation via download/distribution you will get an email from your ISP telling you that you or someone using your account may have illegally downloaded something. If you continue to do it you will eventually get a pop up on your screen that won't go away until you acknowledge it and it may also send you to some information about why copyright infringement is bad. Eventually if you persist they will take harsher steps that could include throttling your bandwidth or redirecting you to a page that will persist until you call the support number and talk to them.
It sounds like they aren't going to sue people, but instead are just trying to educate people and make it a little more difficult for those who know what they are doing and don't care to get away with it.
I have mixed feelings about it, but I am interested in seeing how they implement this and if it will have any real effect.
Here are a couple of stories on it
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...ternet-access/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20...opyright-cops/