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AT&T, Comcast expected to help RIAA fight piracy
ZDNet News - News Page One —
... plans to use the filter technology. But the company has been working with members of the Motion Picture Association of America and the RIAA over the past year to figure out ways in which it can curb the flow of illegal content on its network. Sources told CNET News that the RIAA hasn't asked any ISP to peer into packets or be responsible for monitoring their networks for piracy. The RIAA will continue to identify alleged copyright violators and report them to their ISPs. Credit: Sources: AT ...
Why RIAA, ISP cooperation may deliver returns for both sides
Between the Lines —
... The Recording Industry Association of America and Internet service providers are reportedly pairing up to police illegal downloads. CNET News’ Greg Sandoval and Maggie Reardon report : AT&T and Comcast, two of the nation’s largest Internet service providers, are expected to be among a group of ISPs that will cooperate with the music industry in battling illegal file sharing, three sources close to the companies told CNET News. The Recording Industry Association of America, the lobbying group representing the four largest recording companies, said last month that it had ...
Linkpost | 1.29.2009
TechBlog —
... January 29, 2009 Linkpost | 1.29.2009 • Sources: AT&T, Comcast may help RIAA foil piracy - Both may participate in the RIAA's "graduated warnings" program. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. • ...
ISPs Ready to Assist the RIAA?
Today @ PC World —
... to have ISPs do its dirty work. Now, AT&T and Comcast may have signed on to do just that. There is nothing in writing yet, and both companies are reportedly very tentative about jumping into bed with the RIAA, but according to CNET news , the three parties are close to an agreement. Under the arrangement, the RIAA would identify illegal file sharers and then the ISPs would issue take down notices. If these take-down notices don't work, the ISPs would follow their own tiered response system, which could include suspension or termination of service. Right now, nobody's from ...
ISP Agrees to Ban Copyright Scofflaws
Wired Top Stories —
... it would not participate under the Recording Industry Association of America's proposal. The always clued-in Greg Sandoval at CNET, citing unnamed sources, wrote that Comcast and AT&T were close to coming on board. The RIAA's private detectives perform the surveillance on file sharing networks. In the United States alone, the RIAA has more than ...
‘We won’t sue ‘em all’ ploy Cuomo’s idea: RIAA
p2pnet news —
... “AT&T and Comcast, two of the nation’s largest Internet service providers, are expected to be among a group of ISPs that will cooperate with the music industry in battling illegal file sharing, says CNET News, quoting “three sources close to the companies”. ...
AT&T joins RIAA ’sue ‘em all’ campaign
p2pnet news —
... “At a digital music conference in Nashville, Jim Cicconi, a senior executive for AT&T told the audience that the ISP has begun issuing takedown notices to people accused of pirating music by the Recording Industry Association of America, according to one music industry insider who was present,” says CNET News. ...
AT&T, Comcast Confirm Trial Participation in RIAA's 'Three Strikes' Plan
Wired: Epicenter —
... wired.com in December that certain ISPs had signed on to the program, but wouldn't specify which ones. Cox Communications been has apparently been sending the notifications to its subscribers since October, and in January, CNET reported that AT&T and Comcast were expected to join the program as well. ...
