RollCall wrote:
A private-sector program set up to deter online copyright infringement has issued more than 1.3 million alerts to consumers in its first 10 months.
The Center for Copyright Information — which administers the Copyright Alert System and was created by various Internet service providers, the The Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America — issued a report with those numbers today.
Under the program also known as “six strikes,†content owners deploy third parties to scan peer-to-peer networks, which send copyright infringement notices to Internet service providers, which then send alerts to consumers. If notices continue, Internet service providers can take actions like slowing down Internet speed or redirecting to a “landing page†pending further action by the account holder.
The progress report released Wednesday shows that more than 2 million notices were sent to Internet service providers and that more than 1.3 million alerts were sent to 722,820 accounts.
The Center for Copyright Information — which administers the Copyright Alert System and was created by various Internet service providers, the The Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America — issued a report with those numbers today.
Under the program also known as “six strikes,†content owners deploy third parties to scan peer-to-peer networks, which send copyright infringement notices to Internet service providers, which then send alerts to consumers. If notices continue, Internet service providers can take actions like slowing down Internet speed or redirecting to a “landing page†pending further action by the account holder.
The progress report released Wednesday shows that more than 2 million notices were sent to Internet service providers and that more than 1.3 million alerts were sent to 722,820 accounts.
I'd largely forgotten about that. Once in a while I'd wonder if it ever took effect as it was planned and if anyone was getting served but mainly I just heard nothing about it since its 'launch'. Anyone have any first (or second)-hand experience with this?
I'm aware that you can just use a proxy but I suppose the goal is to shave down the number of casual users who treat Pirate Bay like a store and who have zero idea what a proxy is nor any inclination to learn. They get dinged once and just change their habits now that the free candy bowl is gone.
Edited, May 30th 2014 2:39pm by Jophiel