2010-03-24 No Internet for Copyright Scofflaws

2010-03-24 David Kravets Wired \Digital Millennium Copyright Act\intellectual property\war on the internet\media piracy\Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/terminate-copyright-scofflaws/?intcid=inform_relatedContent ACTA Draft: No Internet for Copyright Scofflaws No Internet for Copyright Scofflaws  The United States is nudging the international community to develop protocols to suspend the internet connections of customers caught downloading copyrighted works, according to a leaked draft of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. ... The leak shows that the treaty, if adopted under the U.S. language, would for the first time on a global scale hold internet service providers responsible when customers download infringing material, unless those ISPs take action by "adopting and reasonably implementing a policy to address the unauthorized storage or transmission of materials protected by copyright or related rights." ... This so-called "three strikes" or "graduated response" policy, is the holy grail of internet-copyright enforcement, staunchly backed by the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America.

&ldquo;The United States is nudging the international community to develop protocols to suspend the internet connections of customers caught downloading copyrighted works, according to a leaked draft of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.&rdquo;   