Well, that didn’t take long. The Copyright Alert System has only been in place for a matter of days, and already some consumers (who do not appear to have received any notices) are already comparing it to the mechanisms and implements of control utilized by the Nazis. I could write a lengthy post about how…
After an unanticipated delay stemming from the carnage caused by Hurricane Sandy, the Center for Copyright Information’s “Copyright Alert System” (CAS) is kicking off this week, according to a blog post published today by the CCI’s Jill Lesser. “Over the course of the next several days our participating ISPs will begin rolling out the system,”…
Over on Mashable, there’s a recent post that includes an infographic entitled “The Obscenely High Penalties of Downloading Music” attributed to Total Bankruptcy Attorneys. Couched in language that makes it quite clear that the bankruptcy attorneys take a dim view of rights-holders who employ litigation against end-user consumers as part of their anti-piracy strategy, the…
The Center for Copyright Information announced earlier this week that deployment of the Copyright Alert System, AKA “six strikes,” has been delayed. CCI said that instead of launching by the end of this month, the ISPs involved in the program will begin sending alerts “in the early part of 2013.” CCI Executive Director Jill Lesser…
