[Chapter-delegates] US Six Strikes Anti-Piracy Scheme Delayed

Tue May 22 09:39:17 PDT 2012

David,

thanks for putting this report on the Chapters list.

Yesterday I quoted it on Twitter together with the Pakistan Twitter ban as two examples of non-multistakeholder Internet Governance.  Decisions made by governments alone are our usual example; companies alone, with barely any regulation by government, scarce if any (and internal) technical advice, and not even a consultation with consumers or civil society, are another. That this happens inside a country doesn't make it a lot less signficant.

Therefore, it is more local than global, more for individual chapters to address, but feeding from ISOC global resources of information and educated opinion.

Are the chapters based in the US planning any action or statements on 6-strikes and other private children of the same mentality that brought us SOPA?

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Enviado el: martes, 22 de mayo de 2012 09:33
Hasta: Markus Kummer; Paul Brigner; ISOCNY BOD; Internet Society Discuss; Chapter Delegates
Asunto: [Chapter-delegates] US Six Strikes Anti-Piracy Scheme Delayed

US “Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Scheme Delayed

Soon the file-sharing habits of millions of BitTorrent users in the
United States will be monitored as part of an agreement between the
MPAA, RIAA, and all the major ISPs. Those caught sharing copyright works
will receive several warning messages and will be punished if they
continue to infringe. However, it now appears that the much-discussed
July start date will have to wait until later in the year as the parties
involved may fail to meet the provisional deadline.

In the coming months the Center for Copyright Information (CCI) will
start to track down ‘pirates’ as part of an agreement all major U.S.
Internet providers struck with the MPAA and RIAA.

The parties agreed on a system through which copyright infringers are
warned that their behavior is unacceptable. After six warnings ISPs may
then take a variety of repressive measures, which include slowing down
offenders’ connections and temporary disconnections.

The plan was announced under the name ‘Copyright Alerts‘ in July last
year and the first ISPs were expected to send out the first warnings
before the end of 2011. But this deadline passed silently and as things
stand now it looks like the July 1, 2012 deadline is not going to be met
by all ISPs either.

TorrentFreak asked the CCI about the upcoming target date, and their
response suggests that things may take longer than expected.

“The dates mentioned in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) are not
hard deadlines but were intended to keep us on track to have the
Copyright Alert System up and running as quickly as possible and in the
most consumer friendly manner possible,” a spokesperson told us.

“We do not intend to launch until we are confident that the program is
consumer friendly and able to be implemented in a manner consistent with
all of the goals of the MOU. We expect our implementation to begin later
this year.”

In other words, it’s taking more time than expected. That said, the CCI
did inform us that they have finally selected a third-party company that
will be responsible for monitoring BitTorrent swarms. However, the name
of the firm remains a secret for now.

“The technology partner we have identified and begun working with is an
independent and impartial expert and we expect to have an announcement
about the independent expert shortly,” TorrentFreak was told.

As described in the agreement, this independent “technology partner”
will first be tested by yet another independent expert to see if their
data collection methods stand up to scrutiny. This is a possible reason
for the “delay” but there are many more.

At their end the internet providers all have to create a system that
allows them to keep track of the warnings. To ensure the privacy of
subscribers, this database of alleged pirates is not stored centrally.

Hoping to find out more about what type of punishments ISPs have planned
and their views on the agreement, we contacted several of them.

Verizon was quick to respond but didn’t want to provide any details on
the planned punishments. The ISP did say that they believe the voluntary
agreement is the right solution for the piracy problem.

“Verizon has always said that copyright infringement is wrong and
through this voluntary consumer friendly system, we believe we can
educate our consumers and offer them access to legal alternatives,” the
company told TorrentFreak.

“We believe this program offers the best approach to the problem of
illegal file sharing and, importantly, is one that respects the privacy
and rights of our subscribers. It also provides a mechanism for helping
people to find many great sources of legal content.”

Other Internet providers contacted by TorrentFreak, including Comcast
and AT&T, did not respond to repeated inquiries about the BitTorrent
crackdown.

The CCI, however, ensured TorrentFreak that none of the ISPs has plans
to terminate the accounts of subscribers. Temporary disconnections
remain as one of the possible punishments. Which measures the various
ISPs will choose remains a mystery for now. We’ll publish more on this
and other details of the scheme in the near future.

https://torrentfreak.com/us-six-strikes-anti-piracy-scheme-delayed-120518/
(via shareaholic)
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