"Six strikes" copyright enforcement postponed until 2013
The Center for Copyright Information, which will be punishing Internet copyright infringers by administering a "six strikes" warning system, was scheduled to start operations before the end of this year.
But today CCI announced that the rollout will be delayed at least a few months, until "early 2013." The reason given: damage from Hurricane Sandy, "which affected our testing schedules."
The six-strikes system involves using a third-party service, MarkMonitor, to locate user accounts that are trading copyrighted files online. Then it's up to the Internet service providers to get in touch with those users through an escalating system of warnings and ultimately punishments such as throttled speeds.
