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Software That Flagged HBO.com For Piracy Will Power U.S. 'Six Strikes' System

Posted by Soulskill on from the raise-your-hand-if-you're-at-all-surprised dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A copyright monitoring program called MarkMonitor mistakenly flagged HBO.com for pirating its own shows, and sent automatic DMCA takedown notices to the network. It's a funny story, until you realize that MarkMonitor is the same software that will power the U.S. Copyright Alerts System (a.k.a. "Six Strikes"), due to be rolled out by the five largest U.S. ISPs sometime in the next month."

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  1. marijuana smoke is a treatment not a cure by kawabago · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Marijuana is a last resort choice for people with difficult to treat illnesses. it is also the only relief from some prescription drug side effects. Your attitude is like saying everyone who uses prescription pain killers is a drug addict. When you have to use marijuana as a medicine then 'stoned' becomes another side effect that must be managed. It isn't fun when you have to be stoned every day whether you feel like it or not. You have to have fairly significant symptoms that are relieved by marijuana in order for it to be an attractive alternative. Specifically, the amount you gain from the relief has to be greater than what you lose to being stoned every day. It is a choice that medical marijuana users must make every day because it is always attractive to finish that little job before dosing. The little job takes all day and side effects come back. Happens every time.