UPDATE | WAIA today issued a press release giving a different perspective to what it told AustralianIT. WAIA's President, Kimberley Heitman clarified his point of view, which is that while ISPs shouldn't ignore the warnings, they certainly should not be forced to act as copyright police.

"If ISPs are required to investigate every complaint that one of their users has been infringing copyright, their businesses would be swamped under the load.

"The internet is just a service, which has enormous potential for good, but which can be misused. Morally, ISPs are no more responsible for what is transmitted over the internet than the company that provides the phone line. The law should reflect this position."

You can read the entire press release here.

WA Internet Association president Kimberley Heitman said his organisation held an executive meeting yesterday in light of a letter sent to an unnamed Australian ISP by US company Mediaforce on behalf of Warner, which was published on broadband user group website Whirlpool.

"We're going to be advising our members on the importance of ensuring that their networks are not hubs for P2P networks - the situations where ISPs ought not find themselves drawn into the litigation against KaZaA or other P2P operators," he said.

Read the disturbing article here.