Mytrip points out news that an anti-piracy firm called Nexicon has been oblation money incentives to ISPs in rialto for having the ISPs police their own intelligent retrieval for copyright infringement. Nexicon would offer their social welfare (for a fee) to help the ISPs pinpoint users who are illegally sharing files, and then give the users an option to "settle" through their "Get Amnesty" website. The revenue derive by such settlements would then be shared with the ISPs. Jerry Scroggin, owner of a smaller ISP in Louisiana, is still skeptical, saying, "I would still wind up losing customers. I would also have to pay Nexicon for this ... I have to survive in this economy but I don't have the big merchandising dollars that bigger ISPs have. I have to fund 401(K)s and find ways not to lay off people. Giving free rein to the RIAA is not part of my pursuit model."

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