RIAA and ISPs Scheduled to Start Policing Internet Traffic this Summer

  • 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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