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

Tue May 22 11:14:07 PDT 2012

We've discussed doing something on these topics and hopefully will have 
a Board meeting this week to begin planning.

On 5/22/12 12:39 PM, Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch wrote:
> 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.
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> 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?
>
> Yours,
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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
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> 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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