These are the Fact Sheets and FAQs provided by the Center for Copyright Information regarding their ISP Copyright Alert System, under which a number of ISPs, including Verizon Communications Inc, Comcast Corp, Time Warner Cable Inc, Cablevision Systems Corp and AT&T Inc, have agreed to alert customers, up to six times, when it appears their account is used for illegal downloading. Warnings will come as e-mails or pop-up messages and could ultimately result in service degradation or termination if ignored.

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The

Center

for

Copyright

Information

is

a

new

information

center

dedicated

to

educating

the

public

about

copyright

and

helping

to

implement

an

unprecedented

and

constructive

effort

to

stop

online

content

theft.

Parents

and

other

ISP

subscribers

will

benefit

from

a

new

state

of

the

art

system

of

alerts

-­‐-­‐

similar

to

fraud

alerts

consumers

receive

about

their

credit

card

accounts

-­‐-­‐

that

let

them

know

when

their

Internet

accounts

have

been

identified

as

being

misused

for

content

theft.

This

is

important

because

most

subscribers,

once

informed

that

content

theft

is

illegal,

will

stop

engaging

in

it

and

turn

to

one

of

the

many

legitimate

entertainment

options.

Some

subscribers

–

particularly

parents

or

caregivers

–

are

often

not

aware

that

their

Internet

accounts

are

being

used

for

content

theft.

Other

subscribers

may

be

unaware

that

downloading

and

uploading

copyrighted

content

from

illicit

sources

is

illegal.

Because

internet

content

providers

and

distributors

believe

subscribers

have

a

right

to

know

about

the

consequences

of

content

theft,

subscribers

will

be

fully

advised

about

possible

consequences

when

their

accounts

have

been

identified

as

being

involved

in

content

theft.

• Center

for

Copyright

Information:

In

2011,

the

Center

for

Copyright

Information

will

be

formally

opened.

This

newly

formed

Center

will

help

educate

consumers

about

content

theft

on

the

Internet.

It

will

help

them

to

understand

the

difference

between

lawful

and

unlawful

online

downloading

and

file

sharing.

It

will

inform

them

about

the

importance

of

copyright

to

content

creators,

millions

of

American

jobs

and

the

economy,

and

to

them

as

consumers.

The

Center

will

also

inform

them

about

lawful

ways

to

obtain

movies

and

music

online.

The

Center

is

being

established

jointly

by

the

film,

music,

and

television

industries,

in

partnership

with

Internet

Service

Providers

(ISPs)

and

will

benefit

from

guidance

from

consumer

advocates

and

technical

experts.

• Best

Practices:

The

Center

will

also

help

develop

and

confirm

“best-­‐

practices”

for

a

new

system

of

progressive

Copyright

Alerts,

similar

to

credit

card

fraud

alerts,

which

will

alert

Internet

subscribers

when

potential

content

theft

is

identified

on

their

Internet

accounts.

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