US ISPs Delay Rollout of "Six Strikes" Copyright Enforcement Framework 216
zacharye writes with an excerpt from BGR: "The new 'six strikes' anti-piracy policy soon to be implemented by a number of major Internet service providers in the United States will reportedly stumble out of the gate. The policy, which is set to be adopted by Comcast, Cablevision, Verizon, Time Warner Cable, and other ISPs, will see action taken against users caught downloading pirated files in six steps, ultimately resulting in bandwidth throttling or even service suspensions. The system responsible for managing the new policy may not be ready on schedule, however, and the targeted launch date of July 12th may slip back as a result..."
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Re:Thanks for reminding me... (Score:5, Informative)
I was wondering why I stayed with Charter recently, until I realized that I had no fucking choice unless I wanted to downgrade to shitty 7 meg DSL.
These guys better be hoping and praying (and dumping a metric shit-ton of money on our reps) that they never lose their local monopolies, because once they open up the lines like they did with long distance telephone service in the 90's they're going to see their enormous profits fucking evaporate overnight as customers give these guys the finger and go with someone that isn't gouging the fuck out of them.
How will they do it? Flogging a dead horse? (Score:5, Informative)
Who are they hoodwinking? Just recently, a US judge ruled [tomshardware.com] that you cannot identify a "pirate" using an IP address. They appear to be preparing to flog a dead horse, right?
Re:How will they do it? Flogging a dead horse? (Score:3, Informative)
They are ISPs. They can put it in their TOS that the account holder must ensure that no copyright infringement takes place through the account. Voila, the account holder is now responsible - not to the copyright holder but to the ISP. Lucky coincidence that the ISP also happens to be a media conglomerate.
ISPs have pulled their "unlimited" ads (Score:4, Informative)
They wouldn't be "overpaying"; they would be paying the requisite sum to support the service they are selling.
Or they could choose to sell less service. For example outside telecommunications, look at all the ice cream manufacturers that have cut the package size from 64 ounces to 48.
Morally, they shouldn't be advertising a service that they cannot provide
Which is why ISPs have pulled their "unlimited" ads in favor of "always on" ads.