The government's present proposal means the rejection of the previous alternative proposed by Appeals Court judge Cecilia Renfors who was suggesting ISPs should shut down users who repeatedly downloaded copyrighted material without permission.

ISPs welcomed the government decision considering that Renfors' proposal would have put the providers "in a position of having to police our own customers" as said Marcus Nylén, Bredbandsbolaget's CEO. Martin Tivéus, head of ISP Glocalnet also stated: "It is important that the new copyright laws will take into account users' rightful interest in their own personal integrity."

“Neither we as a provider nor the Anti-Piracy Agency can or should make a decision as to when copyright is more important than personal integrity. For this reason it feels good that the government will hand this task to the courts."