The RIAA and a number of ISPs — including AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon — plan to monitor their traffic and directly address those users who are infringing.
RIAA chairman Cary Sherman explains that “each ISP has to develop their infrastructure for automating the system.” Sherman says the traffic monitoring is scheduled to start July 12.
The major labels will monitor BitTorrent and other peer-to-peer networks looking for copyright infringement. Transgressions will be reported to the ISPs who will contact customers and issue a warning or two.
If the infringements continue, the ISP could throttle or “curtail” a connection.
“Still, there are several holes in the policing scheme the copyright holders and the ISPs have set up,” reports Ars Technica. “Peer-to-peer services will be the most affected here, and materials downloaded using a VPN, downloaded from an obscure torrent site, or downloaded from media portals will likely be unaffected.”
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