Ninja's Place
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.


[ A forum dedicated to hardcore combat sports fans. ]
 
Home PageHome Page  HomeHome  GalleryGallery  SearchSearch  Latest imagesLatest images  RegisterRegister  Log in  

 

 What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will..

Go down 
5 posters
AuthorMessage
GDPofDRC
Administrator
Administrator
GDPofDRC


Favorite Fighter(s) : Shogun, Fedor, Wand, Saku, Hendo, BJ, Bas, Cain, Mike Vallely
Posts : 21274
Join date : 2009-08-04
Age : 105
Location : Fresyes, CA

What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will.. Empty
PostSubject: What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will..   What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will.. EmptyMon Mar 19, 2012 2:14 pm

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/15/american-isps-to-launch-massive-copyright-spying-scheme-on-july-12/

What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will.. Internetcontrol-shutterstock

If you download potentially copyrighted software, videos or music, your Internet service provider (ISP) has been watching, and they’re coming for you.

Specifically, they’re coming for you on Thursday, July 12.

That’s the date when the nation’s largest ISPs will all voluntarily implement a new anti-piracy plan that will engage network operators in the largest digital spying scheme in history, and see some users’ bandwidth completely cut off until they sign an agreement saying they will not download copyrighted materials.

Word of the start date has been largely kept secret since ISPs announced their plans last June. The deal was brokered by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), and coordinated by the Obama Administration. The same groups have weighed in heavily on controversial Internet policies around the world, with similar facilitation by the Obama’s Administration’s State Department.

The July 12 date was revealed by the RIAA’s CEO and top lobbyist, Cary Sherman, during a publishers’ conference on Wednesday in New York, according to technology publication CNet.

The content industries calls this scheme a “graduated response” plan, which will see Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Comcast, Verizon, AT&T and others spying on users’ Internet activities and watching for potential copyright infringement. Users who are “caught” infringing on a creator’s protected work can then be interrupted with a notice that piracy is forbidden by law and carries penalties of up to $150,000 per infringement, requiring the user to click through saying they understand the consequences before bandwidth is restored, and they could still be subject to copyright infringement lawsuits.

Participating ISPs have a range of options for dealing with customers who continue to pirate media, at that point: They can require that an alleged repeat offender undergo an educational course before their service is restored. They can utilize multiple warnings, restrict access to only certain major websites like Google, Facebook or a list of the top 200 sites going, reduce someone’s bandwidth to practically nothing and even share information on repeat offenders with competing ISPs, effectively creating a sort of Internet blacklist — although publicly, none of the network operators have agreed to “terminate” a customer’s service.

It is because of those reasons that the content industries believe this program achieves much more than what might have been possible in the realm of public policy, and the ISPs appear to agree. The voluntary scheme will be paid for mostly by the content industries, which will share some costs with the ISPs.

Not everyone sees it as a positive: The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights advocacy group, argued that the “graduated response” scheme lacks transparency, and that copyright holders could wield the network operators like a blunt instrument in cases where their claims may not be entirely valid — which is the biggest problem with statutes codified by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. They also pressed for assurances that claim reviews will be conducted by a neutral party, and suggested that users should be given some form of due process before their bandwidth is turned down or cut off entirely.

The EFF also took issue with the system of protest the program puts in place, which only gives users six predetermined “defenses” against a copyright claim. “And even the six enumerated defenses are incomplete,” they complained. “For example, the ‘public domain’ defense applies only if the work was created before 1923 — even though works created after 1923 can enter the public domain in a variety of ways.”

A legislative effort that would have achieved some, but not all, of these ends was utterly destroyed by the Internet’s first ever mass work stoppage late last year, which saw thousands of popular websites go dark in protest. (Disclosure: The Raw Story participated in that protest.)

It’s not yet clear how the tech world will react to the ISPs siding with the content industries to do what the government simply could not.
Back to top Go down
https://www.youtube.com/v/skCV2L0c6K0
Birdofthad
Platinum Belt
Platinum Belt



Favorite Fighter(s) : Ken shamrock, Frank Shamrock, Guy Mezger, Pete Williams, you get it Lions Den
Posts : 17542
Join date : 2009-07-19
Age : 37
Location : D Town

What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will.. Empty
PostSubject: Re: What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will..   What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will.. EmptyMon Mar 19, 2012 2:19 pm

like I said in the Haqqani thread with Oggy, I believe we have already been doing this, if we have learned anything the last decade it is that the federal government does what it deems necessary and then makes it legal 6 months later
Back to top Go down
Bigs03
Black Belt
Black Belt
Bigs03


Favorite Fighter(s) : Fedor and GSP
Posts : 3124
Join date : 2009-07-16
Age : 44
Location : Houston, TX

What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will.. Empty
PostSubject: Re: What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will..   What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will.. EmptyMon Mar 19, 2012 2:39 pm

Horrible. It's scary where this country is headed.
Back to top Go down
OU
Administrator
Administrator
OU


Favorite Fighter(s) : Diaz Bros, Wandy, Ace, Hendo, JDS, Lima Bros,Uncle Creepy, long live Iceman
Posts : 43280
Join date : 2009-07-15
Age : 38
Location : Lawton, Oklahoma

What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will.. Empty
PostSubject: Re: What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will..   What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will.. EmptyMon Mar 19, 2012 2:42 pm

What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will.. Julia-Bergen-Amurica
Back to top Go down
Wolfgangsta
Platinum Belt
Platinum Belt
Wolfgangsta


Favorite Fighter(s) : Conor McGregor, Machida, Jon Jones, Ronda Rousey
Posts : 18955
Join date : 2009-07-15
Location : USA

What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will.. Empty
PostSubject: Re: What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will..   What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will.. EmptySat Mar 24, 2012 8:02 am

Anonymous will save us.
Back to top Go down
http://www.listentothis.org/images/fedoriishi.gif
Sponsored content





What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will.. Empty
PostSubject: Re: What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will..   What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will.. Empty

Back to top Go down
 
What the Gov couldn't accomplish, the private sector will..
Back to top 
Page 1 of 1
 Similar topics
-
» Forrest couldnt of picked a better time to get injured.
» Gov't to store data on private citizens for up to 5 years
» Undercover reporter Whistleblower for private security firm for 2012 Olympics in London
» 2 teens shoot 13 month old baby in the face when mother couldnt produce enough money in robbery atttempt
»  Female Capt. gets chocked out by Private

Permissions in this forum:You cannot reply to topics in this forum
Ninja's Place :: General Discussion :: Politics & Religion-
Jump to: