ISPs Finally Explain How Six Strikes Anti-Piracy Program Will Work

Internet Service Providers are finally revealing how they will implement a new anti-piracy system known as "Six Strikes" which has been rolling out this week.

The program, officially called the Copyright Alert System (CAS), is a partnership between the entertainment industry and ISPs designed to put a stop to online piracy. Under CAS, content creators monitor peer-to-peer networks for what they believe to be illegal downloading of their property. They then share the Internet Protocol addresses of those involved with illicit file transfers to their ISP, who can take a series of escalating actions against holders of accounts on which illegal downloading has been detected -- earning the prog…
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