Copyright Alert System To Launch Monday

Posted by Soulskill on Friday February 22, 2013 @10:20AM 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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Good News by Wonko+the+Sane · 2013-02-22 10:33 · 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.
Re:To be fair. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-02-22 12:15 · Score: 5, Informative

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