Once again, there are reports that the Copyright
Alert System (CAS) should go into effect before the end of 2012.
The system, with the “six step program” leading to
possible “mitigation measures” is described by the Center for Copyright
Information here. Now CAS claims that no essential Internet
service would be completely cut off.
Electronic Frontier Foundation points out that there
are potentially troubling conflicts of interest in the way the “oversight”
committee is staffed. It points out that
lobbyists must file reports on who they have worked for, to reported online for
public inspection at “Open Secrets”, like here.
That concerns Stroz Friedberg, who has
written a heavily redacted report on how the oversight will work.
It’s unclear that a lot of lawful use of P2P won’t
cause many home users or small businesses to fall under the radar screen and
get warnings.
The EFF article by Mitch Stoltz, “U.S. Copyright surveillance machine about to be switched on, promises of transparency already broken,” link here
Slate explains all this in a brief video:
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