Copyright Alert System: ISPs Will Soon Monitor Illicit File Sharing

By emeadows
October 10, 2012

By year’s end, the nation’s major Internet service providers will put in place a six-strikes plan called the “Copyright Alert System.”
It’s “backed by the Obama administration and pushed by Hollywood and the major record labels to disrupt and possibly terminate Internet access for online copyright scofflaws,” reports Wired.
The plan involves AT&T, Cablevision Systems, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon. After four offenses by costumers, the plan calls for these companies to reduce Internet speeds and/or redirect a subscriber’s service to an ‘educational’ landing page about copyright infringement.
“The Internet companies may eliminate service altogether for repeat file-sharing offenders, although the plan does not directly call for such drastic action,” notes the article.
On the first offense, offenders will receive an e-mail alert from their ISP noting possible misuse. The second offense will result in an “educational message” about the legalities of online file sharing.
“On the third and fourth infractions, the subscriber will likely receive a pop-up notice ‘asking the subscriber to acknowledge receipt of the alert,’” writes Wired.
And after the fourth, as noted above, ‘mitigation measures’ may commence.

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