The music and movie industries have obtained the consent of major U.S. ISPs to take steps to curb online content theft through establishing a common framework for so-called Copyright Alerts. This is a system that the innocuously named Center for Copyright Information — made up of members of the industries named above and major ISPs — says is a state-of-the-art software setup similar to credit card alert systems. It will alert Internet users when content that may have been stolen is identified on their systems. ISPs will then take suspects through a six-step process.
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Crime and Punishment: What ISPs Will Do to Alleged Pirates
Posted by: Richard Adhikari July 11, 2011 06:00 AMThe music and movie industries have obtained the consent of major U.S. ISPs to take steps to curb online content theft through establishing a common framework for so-called Copyright Alerts. This is a system that the innocuously named Center for Copyright Information — made up of members of the industries named above and major ISPs — says is a state-of-the-art software setup similar to credit card alert systems. It will alert Internet users when content that may have been stolen is identified on their systems. ISPs will then take suspects through a six-step process.