[Chapter-delegates] Six strikes system to be implemented by ISPs in US jurisdiction in 2012

[Joly MacFie]

ISOC's North America Regional Bureau has arranged for the administration of
the 6 strikes program - the CCI - to attend an INET in NYC on Nov 15 to
discuss this. We are just in the process of lining up a venue.

j

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Rudi Vansnick <rudi.vansnick at isoc.be>wrote:

> *Six strikes system to be implemented by ISPs in US jurisdiction in 2012
> *
>
> The alliance of five major US ISPs (AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time
> Warner Cable and Verizon) and the rightsholders groups Motion Picture
> Association of America (MPAA) and Recording Industry Association of America
> (RIAA) has announced that the Copyright Alert System will be launched in
> 2012<http://torrentfreak.com/isps-and-tracking-company-ready-to-start-six-strikes-anti-piracy-scheme-120928/>.
> Also known as “six strikes” system, it will be administered by the Center
> for Copyright Information. The participating ISPs cover collectively
> three-fourths of all US Internet users. The service providers will
> implement monitoring measures to allow third-party companies to detect
> copyright infringements of their clients. Users will be warned to trigger
> behavioral changes. Once they reach the fifth and sixth warning rounds,
> ISPs are going to resort to so-called “Mitigation Measures” that are
> developed at the discretion of the different ISPs. These can include
> reduced bandwidth or automatic start-pages with educational information.
> Moreover, rightsholders could file lawsuits against the users. It is
> possible that ISPs might even choose to ultimately disconnect<http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/isps-preparing-to-embrace-copyright-alert-syste/>their clients, similar to theHADOPI<http://www.pcworld.com/article/262313/french_piracy_law_claims_first_innocent_victim.html>three strikes system implemented by law in the French jurisdiction.
>
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