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Comcast’s Plan To Fight Piracy Excludes Disconnection And Bandwidth Throttling

The US “six-strikes” program kicked in, dragging into this anti-piracy war the country’s most respectable internet providers, amongst which we name Time Warner Cable, AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Cablevision. In their efforts to curb...

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Thursday, March 7th, 2013 Net News No Comments

Record Labels go to High Court to Force More ISPs to Block Pirate Bay

While almost all ISPs are happy to comply with requests from child protection organizations and the police to block websites that promote abuse, the issue of blocking on copyright grounds is more controversial, not...

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Saturday, December 8th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Verizon Will Reduce Speeds of Repeated BitTorrent Pirates

Last year the MPAA and RIAA teamed up with five major Internet providers in the United States to launch the Center for Copyright Information (CCI). The parties agreed on a system through which subscribers...

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Thursday, November 15th, 2012 Net News No Comments

The Six-Strikes System Is Close At Hand

After being postponed several times on various grounds (you can read about it here and here, internet providers across US (AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon) and the company responsible with tracking...

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Monday, October 1st, 2012 Net News No Comments

ISPs and Tracking Company Ready to Start Six-Strikes Anti-Piracy Scheme

The MPAA and RIAA, helped by five major Internet providers in the United States, will start to warn and punish copyright infringers later this year. The parties launched the Center for Copyright Information (CCI)...

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Friday, September 28th, 2012 Net News No Comments