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"Six Strikes" Anti-Piracy Scheme Costs 3 Million Per Year - 31 juillet 2014
New tax records reveal that the Center for Copyright Information, the outfit overseeing the "six strikes" copyright alert system in the US, cost $3 million last year. This figure is quite substantial as it translates to roughly $2 per individual piracy warning.
February last year, the MPAA, RIAA and five major (...)
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Six Strikes Anti-Piracy Scheme Turns One Year, But Does It Work ? - 26 février 2014
Today marks the one year anniversary of the six-strikes anti-piracy scheme, a good time to reflect on its efficacy. While no official numbers have yet been released, it appears that copyright alerts haven’t changed a whole lot. BitTorrent piracy hasn’t dropped, nor have we seen a massive revenue increase for the (...)
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Comcast’s "Six Strikes" Email With Infringement Details Surfaces - 4 mars 2013
Together with four other internet providers in the United States, Comcast has started sending copyright alerts to customers who use BitTorrent and other P2P networks to pirate movies, TV-shows and music. Those who are "caught" will receive a browser notification, a voice-mail message and an email with details on (...)
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The Copyright Propaganda Machine Gets a New Agent : Your ISP - 26 février 2013
It’s been a long time coming, but the copyright surveillance machine known as the Copyright Alert System (CAS) is finally launching. CAS is an agreement between Big Content and large Internet Service Providers to monitor peer to peer networks for copyright infringement and target subscribers who are alleged to (...)
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"Six Strikes" Anti-Piracy Scheme Starts Today, With Mystery Punishments - 26 février 2013
Today the controversial "six-strikes" anti-piracy system kicks off in the United States. Soon the first BitTorrent users will receive so-called copyright alerts from their Internet provider and after multiple warnings subscribers will be punished. But, what these punishments entail remains a bit of a mystery. (...)
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Digital rights advocates wary of new ’six strikes’ initiative for online piracy - 26 février 2013
ISPs will now warn customers when illegal filesharing is detected, but critics argue system offers few protections
The newest attempt to thwart illegal filesharing launched Monday and while the "six strikes and you’re out" initiative seems to offer light penalties, digital rights advocates are concerned that it (...)
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"Six Strikes" Anti-Piracy Scheme Starts Monday - 25 février 2013
The much-discussed U.S. six strikes anti-piracy scheme is expected to go live on Monday. The start date hasn’t been announced officially by the CCI but a source close to the scheme confirmed the plans. During the coming months millions of BitTorrent users will be actively monitored by copyright holders. After (...)
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La Hadopi américaine débuterait la surveillance des internautes - 25 février 2013
Espérée pour la fin 2012, l’équivalent américain à la Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des œuvres et la protection des droits sur Internet (Hadopi) débute enfin ses activités ce lundi 25 février, selon les sites spécialisés Mashable et TorrentFreak. Selon ce dernier, des millions d’utilisateurs du réseau de partage pair-Ã (...)
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L’Amérique va se frotter à la riposte graduée dès lundi - 23 février 2013
Évoquée depuis 2008, la riposte graduée américaine devrait être active à partir de lundi. Les cinq principaux FAI du pays commenceront alors à avertir les titulaires d’un accès à Internet dont l’adresse IP a été repérée en train d’échanger sur les réseaux P2P des fichiers protégés par le droit d’auteur. Mais contrairement au (...)
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"Six strikes" Internet warning system will come to US this year - 12 septembre 2012
Even as France looks set to scrap its three-strikes antipiracy scheme known as HADOPI, US Internet providers are inching forward with their milder "six strikes" program. But the head of that effort says the system is about education, and it is coming by the end of the year.
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Last year, the newly (...)
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Riposte graduée aux USA : 10 minutes de morale après 5 avertissements - 12 septembre 2012
Aux Etats-Unis, la riposte graduée qui devait être mise en oeuvre en juillet dernier mais qui est retardée de plusieurs mois, se composera d’au moins 5 étapes avant sanctions. La cinquième étape consistera à infliger à l’abonné l’obligation de regarder une vidéo de 10 minutes sur les méfaits du piratage et la nécessité de (...)
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ISPs To Begin Punishing BitTorrent Pirates This Summer - 16 mars 2012
This July major US Internet service providers will start assisting copyright holders in their fight against online copyright infringement. Major ISPs including Comcast, Verizon and Time Warner Cable will begin fulfilling their obligations under the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding signed last year, which (...)
