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Copyright Alert System To Launch Monday

Posted by Soulskill on from the launch-into-orbit,-i-hope dept.

An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from the Daily Dot: "Starting next week, most U.S. Internet users will be subject to a new copyright enforcement system that could force them to complete educational programs, and even slow their Internet speeds to a crawl. A source with direct knowledge of the Copyright Alert System [said] the five participating Internet service providers will start the controversial program Monday. The ISPs — industry giants AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner, and Verizon — will launch their versions of the CAS on different days throughout the week. Comcast is expected to be the first, on Monday." Of course, there are many ways around the Copyright Alert System, so it probably won't be terribly effective.

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  1. Good News by Wonko+the+Sane · · Score: 4, Informative

    For VPN providers.

    I'm partial to AirVPN since they accept Bitcoins for payment and let you connect via Tor if that's what you want.

  2. Re:Download Linux by Denogh · · Score: 3, Informative

    Why would they bust you for downloading Linux?

    I got a nasty letter from my ISP telling me "No peer-to-peer". I called them, and said "WTF guys? I download Linux distros and OpenOffice ISOs via torrent, all kinds of 100% legal and legitimate content." "We don't care. No peer-to-peer."

    So I signed up for a VPN, of course.

    I wonder if they also go after all the folks that are just trying to download the latest WoW patch. Seems like most MMORPGs these days use P2P updaters.

  3. Re: force violators to take educational courses by fustakrakich · · Score: 3, Informative

    ...it would bankrupt all these corps...

    And they'll come back at you with, "You're putting people out of work!"

    Meanwhile, company officers will simply shift their portfolios, and write down the losses onto the smaller investors and the taxman.

    --
    “He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
  4. Re:Download Linux by flimflammer · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not everyone gets the luxury of choice.

  5. Re:To be fair. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Nah, they already got Tor's number. They'll just arrest all the node operators on child porn charges.