Copyright Alert System

ISPs Sign New Initiative to Rein In Suspected Piracy
ISPs Sign New Initiative to Rein In Suspected Piracy
ISPs Sign New Initiative to Rein In Suspected Piracy
In what's being heralded as a win for film and music studios, the country's top internet service providers -- Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and Verizon -- have all signed on to a new initiative called the Copyright Alert System to combat internet piracy. The new process will identify users suspected of digital copyright infringement, such as heavy downloaders, and then send ou