National 'Copyright Alert System' To Go Live On Internet

Net providers begin warning of illegal downloads

ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Internet users who illegally share music, movies or television shows online could soon receive warning notices from the nation's five major Internet service providers.

The Copyright Alert System, organized by the recording and film industry, is being activated this week to target consumers using peer-to-peer software.

Under the new system, complaints will prompt an Internet service provider — such as Verizon or AT&T — to notify a customer whose Internet address has been detected sharing files illegally. A person will be given up to six opportunities to stop before the Internet provider will take more drastic steps, such as temporarily slowing their connection, or redirecting Internet traffic until they acknowledge they received a notice or review educational materials about copyright law.

Consumers who maintain they have been wrongly accused would be forced to pay $35 to appeal the decision. The fee would be reimbursed if they prevail.

Proponents say the focus is on deterring the average consumer rather than chronic violators. The director of the organization behind the system, Jill Lesser of the Center for Copyright Infringement, said in a blog post Monday that the program is "meant to educate rather than punish, and direct (users) to legal alternatives."

Each Internet provider is expected to implement their own system. The program gives each customer five or six "strikes" after....

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Permalink Reply by TheLasersShadow on February 28, 2013 at 8:15am

Did I mention vpnbook.com is free? and that it works well for torrents? < Problem solved

It uses 128b AES encryption through openVPN, 100% of data is encrypted and you can use it to route ALL your traffic through not just torrents.

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Permalink Reply by suzie on February 27, 2013 at 7:21pm

internet has already been compromised ... fighting to keep it free is worth it .. makes me sick what the controllers.. want to do.. how is sharing music ever a crime? .. does it hurt you? does it pick your pocket?? the regulations are strangling people.. if someone rich has a problem with us sharing music (they would not be rich and famous without us any way).. has a PROBLEM? WELL BITE ME!!! I BELIEVE IN HACKING ... HACK AWAY CUZ THE REAL THIEVES AND ROBBERS ARE GONNA A TAKE IT ALL SOON!!!!!

same goes for hollywood & the teleGOONS!!

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Permalink Reply by TheLasersShadow on February 27, 2013 at 9:28pm

what you describe is a method to block traffic shaping alone not the strikes system(ur on public ip so it dont matter for the moment until they get strikes and try to block BT). I would also recommend changing listening port to above 50000 and rotate it often. Also it doesn't encrypt the data only the protocol so if they did do deep packet inspection (very unlikely only feds looking for real crime do this or hackers) they would see everything.

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Permalink Reply by WTRH-AM-AE on February 27, 2013 at 10:02pm

I am soon going to be buying VPN service in the future. I have not downloaded anything except freeware and shareware, and mp3 music from Amazon.com for .99 cents.