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

Wed May 23 06:23:49 PDT 2012

We'd be happy to mount a public discussion event in NYC.

j

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Livingood, Jason
<Jason_Livingood at cable.comcast.com> wrote:
> I might recommend that Chapters interested in making a statement on the
> system consider discussing the system with the parties directly involved -
> essentially being briefed on how it will work - rather than depending upon
> fragmentary news reports. In my experience I have found this leads to much
> more informed policy debate. And it also leads organizations that may be
> critical to be able to understand the real areas of concern that they may
> choose to focus their energies on.
>
>
> I can try to help arrange such a briefing if there is interest.
>
> - Jason
>
> On 5/22/12 2:14 PM, "David Solomonoff" <drsolomonoff at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>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.
>>>
>>> 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,
>>>
>>> Alejandro Pisanty
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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 ³Six Strikes² 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 Œpirates¹ 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
>>> offenders¹ connections and temporary disconnections.
>>>
>>> The plan was announced under the name ŒCopyright AlertsŒ 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.
>>>
>>> ³The 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,² a spokesperson told us.
>>>
>>> ³We 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.²
>>>
>>> In other words, it¹s 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.
>>>
>>> ³The 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,² TorrentFreak was told.
>>>
>>> As described in the agreement, this independent ³technology partner²
>>> 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 ³delay² 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 didn¹t 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.
>>>
>>> ³Verizon 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,² the
>>> company told TorrentFreak.
>>>
>>> ³We 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.²
>>>
>>> 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. We¹ll 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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