ISP Search-and-Disrupt: Copyright Alert System to Launch in January

By Karla Robinson
December 10, 2012

Internet service providers will roll out a new “Copyright Alert System” in January to “disrupt and possibly terminate Internet access for online copyright scofflaws without the involvement of cops or courts,” reports Wired.
Backed by President Obama and pushed by Hollywood and record labels, the initiative was originally intended to start by the end of this year, but was delayed by Hurricane Sandy.
“Software makers sided with the film industry on the scope of the piracy problem, and, befitting their geekier nature, had actual hard data to back their gloomy conclusions,” the post states.
“Richard Atkinson, head of Adobe’s piracy unit, said the company charts 6,000 activations a day of 7-year-old pirated versions of Photoshop, and that there were 55 million ‘illegal activations’ in the past year alone of all pirated versions of the photo-editing software.”
Despite the initiative, Hollywood will continue to lobby Congress and file lawsuits.
“It doesn’t mean you give up on litigation,” says Chris Dodd, head of the Motion Picture Association of America. “It doesn’t mean you give up on legislation.”
“I think this is a critical issue of our time,” Dodd added.

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