ISPs Helping Fight Copyright Infringement

By: on 7.8.11
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Major Internet service providers have come to an agreement with entertainment organizations to help fight copyright infringement. ISPs will now issue a series of warnings to customers breaking copyrights, including the suspension of service. While the system isn’t actual law, ISPs hope it will help reduce the violations. Read the full article at NYTimes.com

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).

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  • http://hdtvarchiveproject.com/ Philip J Cianci

    As a broadcast/media technologist and experimental visual/audio artist, what I have found amusing during the decades of discussion about copyright and innovation is the argument that by inhibiting a consumer’s “right” and ability to copy content, that somehow technological innovation is inhibited – therefore, copyright should be ignored in lieu of personal freedom and business stimulus. Yet I have yet to hear anyone say that Intellectual Property/Patents should be afforded the same status – free to use by all. Why isn’t turn around fair play? One can easily argue that the loosening of copyright laws has actually inhibited artistic creativity!