[kictanet] US Copyright Alert System

[Bernard Kioko]

Developed countries are very unique and have fairly good structures to deal with most challenges. I never let them dictate what solutions Africa needs BUT I do consider the experiences they have evaluating solutions for the unique continent we are in.

 

From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=bernsoft.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Marcus Cicero via kictanet
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 7:28 PM
To: bkioko at bernsoft.com
Cc: Marcus Cicero
Subject: Re: [kictanet] US Copyright Alert System

 

The flaws in systems built around this concept are many and have been widely documented ranging from effectiveness, privacy concerns and even the legality. Australia and the United States are perfect case studies of how such systems have failed in the "war on piracy".

 

IMO copyright holders need to work better with consumers if they wish to protect their content.

 

 

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Subject: [kictanet] US Copyright Alert System

Time (UTC): September 15 2015 4:01 pm

From: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 

To: marcus.cicero at protonmail.ch <mailto:marcus.cicero at protonmail.ch> 

CC: bkioko at bernsoft.com <mailto:bkioko at bernsoft.com> 

 

Interesting Read:

 

The Copyright Alert System (CAS) is a private system for alerting, educating, and punishing subscribers of five major Internet service providers in the United States of America, based on accusations of the use of BitTorrent and peer-to-peer file sharing to infringe the copyrights of certain entertainment corporations by distributing, without authorization, those companies' intellectual property. The press has branded the CAS as a "six strikes" program.[1] The participating Internet service providers (ISPs) are AT&T, Cablevision, Time Warner Cable, Verizon and Comcast.

 

The CAS is intended to be a graduated response system wherein participating ISPs send up to six[2] electronic warnings notifying subscribers of alleged copyright infringement, as reported by a monitoring service working on behalf of participating copyright owners.[3] If copyright infringement is reported after a final warning, the ISPs have agreed to implement "mitigation measures", which can include penalties such as bandwidth throttling.[4][5]

 

The CAS framework was established on July 7, 2011 by the Center for Copyright Information (CCI), after 3 years in the making.[2] After multiple delays, ISPs began implementing it in late February 2013

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Alert_System

 


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