Comcast Working On 'Helpful' Copyright Violation Pop-ups

gregor-e writes "Comcast is said to be preparing to snoop on your internet browsing to detect when you attempt to download a copyright-protected item. On detection, Comcast will pop up a helpful window that contains information about where you can obtain a legal version of whatever you're downloading. 'While sources familiar with the new initiative emphasized that it is being seen as a complement to CAS [a.k.a. six strikes] and not a replacement, the very emergence of an alternative raises questions as to the viability of CAS, which has been criticized for myriad reasons ranging from the questionable strategic rationale of punishing subscribers to an implementation that has been characterized as scattershot. How the two systems would coexist is unclear.'" Comcast will be inviting other ISPs to join its new system as well.

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Re:let me get this straight

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

Maybe some webmasters would be interested to hear that Comcast is exploring a plan to produce unauthorized derivative works, based on their pages, to hawk media products (not a few of which are from companies in the same ownership structure)... Isn't that the sort of plan that would be approximately a zillion counts of copyright infringement, trademark violation, and who knows what else if it were proposed by anybody other than a hegemonic corporation?