US Anti-Piracy Delayed; ISPs will not Terminate Accounts;

Source: CCI

Just two months ago it was stated that the agreement ("voluntary MOU", July 2011) between US major ISPs and the MPAA and RIAA will start on July 2012 "Most of the participating ISPs (Comcast, Cablevision, Verizon, Time Warner Cable and other bandwidth providers) are on track to begin implementing the program by July 12" (here).

     

So volunteering work is not what it used to be.
  
TorrentFreak reports that "..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 .. TorrentFreak asked the CCI (Center for Copyright Information) about the upcoming target date, and their response suggests that things may take longer than expected .. " 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", CCI told TorrentFreak. 

    

"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".
 
See "US “Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Scheme Delayed" - here.

US ISPs to Start Anti-Piracy Actions on July 12

Last July the Center for Copyright Information published a "fact sheet" explaining the system that will be used by ISPs so "Parents and other ISP subscribers will benefit from a new state of the art system of alerts -- similar to fraud alerts consumers receive about their credit card accounts -- that let them know when their Internet accounts have been identified as being misused for content theft" (here).

Greg Sandoval reports to CNET that Cary Sherman, (pictured) CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), said on Wednesday during a panel discussion at AAP Annual Meeting that "Most of the participating ISPs (Comcast, Cablevision, Verizon, Time Warner Cable and other bandwidth providers) are on track to begin implementing the program by July 12"


".. Each ISP has to develop their infrastructure for automating the system for establishing the database so they can keep track of repeat infringers, so they know that this is the first notice or the third notice. Every ISP has to do it differently depending on the architecture of its particular network. Some are nearing completion and others are a little further from completion".

  

See "RIAA chief: ISPs to start policing copyright by July 12' - here.

US ISPs Anti-Copyright Infringement Alert System

 

The Center for Copyright Information published yesterday a "fact sheet" explaining the system that will be used by ISPs so "Parents and other ISP subscribers will benefit from a new state of the art system of alerts -- similar to fraud alerts consumers receive about their credit card accounts -- that let them know when their Internet accounts have been identified as being misused for content theft".

See the press release "Music, Movie, TV and Broadband Leaders Team to Curb Online Content theft Announce Common Framework for “Copyright Alerts” - here.  

Among the companies and associations collaborating (MOU - here) on establishing the Center are AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon (see previous post - here).

"Copyright Alerts will provide a thoughtful and effective system to educate Internet subscribers about copyright, advise them about the consequences of inadvertent or purposeful content theft, ensure that they are aware of the many sources of legal content and deter those who receive repeated alerts from allowing their accounts to be used for content theft"

See the document "Center for Copyright Information And Copyright Alert System Fact Sheet" - here  - detailing the steps IPS should take.

After the 5th time a "notice from a copyright owner" has been received by the ISP for a subscriber - "  the ISP may take one of several steps, specified in its published policies, reasonably calculated to stop future content theft.  These steps, referred to as “Mitigation Measures,” may include, for example: temporary reductions of Internet speeds, redirection to a landing page until the subscriber contacts the ISP to discuss the matter or reviews and responds to some educational information about copyright, or other measures that the ISP may deem necessary to help resolve the matter"