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Film Consortium Urges ISPs To Dump Ineffective "Six Strikes" Policy For Pirates

Posted by samzenpus on from the pluggin-the-sieve dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The Internet Security Task Force, a group of businesses working to protect content creators and consumers from the negative effects of piracy, has called for an end to the Copyright Alert System, saying the anti-piracy initiative is not only ineffective but actually makes things worse. The group suggest that it be replaced with a new system based on Canada's Copyright Modernization Act. Mark Gill, ISTF chairman and President of member company Millennium films, says "We've always known the Copyright Alert System was ineffective, as it allows people to steal six movies from us before they get an educational leaflet. But now we have the data to prove that it's a sham." The Copyright Alert System (CAS) is set to expire early July.

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  1. Re:Wait, what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm more concerned with the claim that The Expendables 3 has been viewed more than 60M times. Viewing crap movies like that causes far more damage to the public than any possible money lost by the studios.

  2. Double Standards of Course... by jythie · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Every time I see calls for harsh anti-piracy initiatives, I picture what would happen if equally harsh rules were put in place for some of the dirty IP tricks or outright theft MPAA members engage in. "Oh, your studio got caught taking a copyrighted screenplay submission, rejecting it, then handing it over to one of your own people again? Sorry, your access to distribution has been cut off and you will not be able to produce movies anymore"

  3. a group of businesses working to protect content by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 4, Insightful

    stopped reading there.

    look, don't lie to me that you are helping ME, a consumer.

    you look stupid when you lie. and you guys do such a really bad job of lying, too.

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  4. Re:Sounds like 6 strikes is terrible by reve_etrange · · Score: 4, Insightful

    taken without permission. The last 3 words in the previous sentence define theft.

    No, they don't. Theft is taking scarce good without permission. You can keep using their newspeak if you want though.

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  5. 60 million times? by Chibi+Merrow · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wait, is this guy claiming 20% of the US population pirated Expendables 3?

    And we're supposed to take anything else he says seriously?

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  6. Re:Sounds like 6 strikes is terrible by jaa101 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Since "good" refers to something physical, I see you've decided to respond with the predicted "it's not tangible, so therefore it doesn't count" excuse.

    This completely ignores the fact that things do not have to be tangible to be considered to have a measurable value. Your time, for example, is worth money both to yourself and your employer.

    Nobody is saying that there's no value in copyright violations. What they are saying is that it is not theft. I like the car analogy for this one:

    • Theft: Somebody come and steals your car parked outside your house. Now they have a car and you don't.
    • Copyright Violation: Somebody comes and makes a copy of your car parked outside your house. Now they have a car and so do you.

    See the difference? And remember that it was you who said it makes no difference as to whether the things are tangible or not.