Copyright Alert System To Launch Monday 224
An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from the Daily Dot:
"Starting next week, most U.S. Internet users will be subject to a new copyright enforcement system that could force them to complete educational programs, and even slow their Internet speeds to a crawl. A source with direct knowledge of the Copyright Alert System [said] the five participating Internet service providers will start the controversial program Monday. The ISPs — industry giants AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner, and Verizon — will launch their versions of the CAS on different days throughout the week. Comcast is expected to be the first, on Monday."
Of course, there are many ways around the Copyright Alert System, so it probably won't be terribly effective.
Good lord (Score:3, Funny)
Security is NOT sexy.
Re:To be fair. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:To be fair. (Score:5, Funny)
Ubuntu Tycoons
You owe me a new keyboard.
Can't catch me, I'm behind 7 proxies (Score:2, Funny)
And the real pirates will continue to secretly proxy their stuff over encrypted channels.
Still worried (Score:2, Funny)
I've never pirated anything. Whether you care to believe that, or not, is irrelevent to me.
I'll be unsurprised if I am flagged as a pirate, though.
Crawl (Score:5, Funny)
"... or slow their Internet speeds to a crawl."
So, pretty much business as usual then?
Re:To be fair. (Score:5, Funny)
...pretty moderate approach...
A guy got stopped by a cop for rolling through a stop sign.
The guy started complaining about it, saying, "C'mon man, I slowed down before crossing."
The cop rips him out of the car and starts to beat the crap out of the guy, saying, "Do you want to me to stop? Or do you want me to slow down?
Re:What are you on? (Score:4, Funny)
Are you sure it's his tongue? Might be the antenna. They're not supposed to be visible, but some people have bad reactions to the materials.