Comcast will persistently nag subscribers suspected of
illegally trading copyrighted material but -- unlike some other ISPs -- the
cable operator says it will not throttle back connection speeds or block access
to the Internet.
This week, after more than a year and a half in the works,
Comcast and four other major U.S. broadband providers -- Time Warner Cable,
AT&T, Verizon Communications and Cablevision Systems -- have begun alerting
subscribers suspected of illegally sharing or downloading copyrighted content
over peer-to-peer networks, under the media industry-led "six strikes" program.
On Wednesday, Comcast provided details of how it will carry
out the Center for Copyright Information's Copyright Alert System.
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In the first two instances, Comcast's Xfinity Internet users
suspected of copyright infringement will receive "information-focused alerts"
via both in-browser alerts and emails, Susan Jin Davis, Comcast Cable's vice
president of strategic services for communications and data services, wrote in
a blog post. Alerts 3 and 4 will be more strongly worded "warning-focused
alerts."
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