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[ NNSquad ] RIAA chief: ISPs to start policing copyright by July 12
----- Forwarded message from Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> ----- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:25:45 -0400 From: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> Subject: [IP] RIAA chief: ISPs to start policing copyright by July 12 Reply-To: dave@farber.net To: ip <ip@listbox.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Dewayne Hendricks" <dewayne@warpspeed.com> Date: Mar 14, 2012 5:02 PM Subject: [Dewayne-Net] RIAA chief: ISPs to start policing copyright by July 12 To: "Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net" <dewayne-net@warpspeed.com> RIAA chief: ISPs to start policing copyright by July 12 Comcast, Time Warner and Verizon are among the ISPs preparing to implement a graduated response to piracy by July, says the music industry's chief lobbyist. By Greg Sandoval March 14, 2012 < http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57397452-261/riaa-chief-isps-to-start-policing-copyright-by-july-12/ > NEW YORK--The country's largest Internet service providers haven't given up on the idea of becoming copyright cops. Last July, Comcast, Cablevision, Verizon, and Time Warner Cable and other bandwidth providers announced that they had agreed to adopt policies designed to discourage customers from pirating music, movies and software over the Web. Since then, the ISPs have been very quiet about their antipiracy measures. But during a panel discussion here at a gathering of U.S. publishers, Cary Sherman, CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America, said most of the participating ISPs are on track to begin implementing the program by July 12. Many copyright owners say this could become the most effective potent antipiracy program ever. Since ISPs are the Internet's gatekeepers, the theory is that network providers are in the best position to fight illegal file sharing. CNET broke the news last June that the RIAA and counterparts at the trade group for the big film studios, had penned the deal--with the help of the White House. Sherman told attendees of the Association of American Publishers' annual meeting, that planners had always said that it would require a year before the antipiracy program could get off the ground. He told CNET following his panel that the process isn't as easy as turning on a switch. [snip] Dewayne-Net RSS Feed: <http://www.warpspeed.com/wordpress> ----- End forwarded message ----- _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad