Sep 13, 2012: The United States looks set to go ahead with a graduated response system for ISPs to discourage illegal file sharing, after several delays.
Originally set to launch in December 2011, and then in June this year, the Copyright Alert System is now reportedly set to come into effect at the end of this year, according to the Centre for Copyright Information, the organisation in charge of implementing the system.
The system will cover three-quarters of all American internet users, and is a collaboration between ISPs and the recording and movie industries.
It features a six-stage warning scheme with notices that users have to acknowledge, or face measures such as reduced speeds.
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