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ISPs plan to hijack browsers and limit Internet access to combat copyright piracy |
February 28, 2013
Comcast has confirmed that it will prevent repeat file sharers from browsing the Web until they call the company to resolve the matter.
The move is part of a Copyright Alert System that was recently rolled out by several major Internet service providers. The system has earned the nickname “six strikes,” due to its series of increasingly stern warnings and punishments for pirates.
Service providers, who've partnered with the entertainment industry on six strikes, have some leeway in deciding how to enforce the system. In Comcast's case, users who don't respond to several alerts will see a “persistent alert in any web browser under that account until the account holder contacts Comcast's Customer Security Assistance professionals to discuss and help resolve the matter.”
TorrentFreak, which discovered Comcast's written policy, refers to this measures as a browser “hijack.”
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Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2029569/isps-plan-to-hijack-browsers-and-limit-internet-access-to-combat-copyright-piracy.html
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