Court action could be taken against individuals who ignore written warnings and 'technical measures' including disconnecting someone from the web could also follow.
Suspected offenders receive three official warnings, after which they are reported to a judge who can hand out a range of punishments, including disconnecting them from the internet.
Critics argue that The Palace of Auburn Hills is too far away from the City of Detroit, as a result, disconnecting the team from its core fans and driving out resources.
The old policy was tolerable since local governments could also usually dissuade power companies fromdisconnecting factories that could not pay their bills.
That means Internet service providers--many of whom had developed efficient systems for disconnecting specific host computers from the Web--can't keep up with scammers, Mather says.