hidden wiki

by RonnyPreap

Topic No. 18959357

by Leroycex

Here is Practical Explanation about Next Life, Purpose of Human Life,

by Ozninjaguy

New microphones and preamps

by BSD2000

Re: Upgraded my internet service

by BSD2000

10 years of silence...

by BSD2000

Vinyl records are selling at 2X the rate of a year ago with no signs of slowing

by BSD2000

Hana MC Cartridge

by Thephile

Sony PS-LX5: Upgrading stock XL-200?

by vgavara

Cassette sales are up 35% in 2017

by BSD2000

Hello Guest
  • Sign up for free and join our community.
US Internet providers start spy program to stop file-sharing
1 Replies
5990 Views
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
February 25, 2013, 06:53:02 PM
    • VinylAudio.net
  • BSD2000
  • Administrator
  • Trade Count: (2)
  • Posts: 627 Male
    Offline
    Pennsylvania Send PM
    • Share Post
[attachimg=1]
Starting this week, Internet Service Providers will start throttling connection speeds for customers alleged to be pirating copyright-protected materials.

Months after a controversial “six-strike” program was slated to be rolled out by the biggest ISPs in the United States, the Copyright Alert System (CAS) confirmed on Monday that the initiative has gone live.

The program, critiqued by Internet freedom activists and privacy advocates alike, will let ISPs take six steps of escalating severity in handling incidents where customers are believed to be illegally sharing material. Through the “graduate response” approach, suspected copyright criminals could be issued a series of warnings for illegally downloading protected content.

With the first strike caught by the CAS, a customer could be issued a warning. As strikes increase, however, “mitigation measures,” connection speed throttling and termination of service are all possible options.

“Practically speaking, this means our content partners will begin sending notices of alleged P2P [peer-to-peer] copyright infringement to ISPs, and the ISPs will begin forwarding those notices in the form of Copyright Alerts to consumers,” Jill Lesser of the Center for Copyright Information rights in a blog post on Monday.

“Consumers whose accounts have been used to share copyrighted content over P2P networks illegally (or without authority) will receive Alerts that are meant to educate rather than punish, and direct them to legal alternatives. And for those consumers who believe they received Alerts in error, an easy to use process will be in place for them to seek independent review of the Alerts they received,” she adds — neglecting to mention that the appeals process costs customers $35 a pop.

Previously, Time Warner, Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, Cablevision Systems and other ISPs have signed onto the program, which was last scheduled to start in July 2012. Gigi Sohn, president of digital rights group Public Knowledge, told Wired last year that originally ISPs hoped to roll out the program earlier, but major protests against other restrictive Web policies, including attempts to pass certain legislation, left them to wait until the dust settled.

“SOPA and PIPA definitely had an impact. There was some concern, if they moved ahead too quickly, public opinion would be so raw, this would be caught in the whirlwind of bad PR,” Sohn told Wired.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation notes that the official CSI six-strikes website lets users learn more about the history of copyright, but does so by re-directing them to a page managed by the Copyright Alliance — the same group that advocated heavily for last year’s failed Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA.

When the six-strikes program was first introduced, the White House issued an official statement saying it should “have a significant impact on reducing online piracy.”

Click here for the original article.
Rega P25 - Zyx Omega G - Zyx R100H - Audio Research PH5 - Denon DP-52F - Denon DL-103D - Stax SRM-D50 & L700's - HiFiMan Arya - Focal Elex - RME ADI-2 Pro FS


March 01, 2013, 02:44:46 AM
    • VinylAudio.net
  • BSD2000
  • Administrator
  • Trade Count: (2)
  • Posts: 627 Male
    Offline
    Pennsylvania Send PM
    • Share Post



Share via delicious Share via digg Share via facebook Share via linkedin Share via pinterest Share via reddit Share via stumble Share via tumblr Share via twitter

question
What program do you use to edit your videos?

Started by Admin on Video Editing

2 Replies
13899 Views
Last post August 12, 2011, 09:28:35 PM
by BSD2000
xx
Upgraded my internet service

Started by BSD2000 on The Lounge

17 Replies
43524 Views
Last post March 01, 2022, 08:09:10 AM
by BSD2000
xx
RIP Internet - 1991 ~ 2015

Started by BSD2000 on The Lounge

0 Replies
8714 Views
Last post February 26, 2015, 02:05:29 PM
by BSD2000
angry
TPP Copyright Provisions Threaten Internet Freedom, U.S. Sovereignty

Started by Admin on Youtube Discussions

0 Replies
6801 Views
Last post September 02, 2012, 05:10:49 PM
by Admin
 

web
stats