AT&T Starts Six-Strikes Anti-Piracy Plan Next Month

According to documents recently obtained by TorrentFreak, AT&T will start sending out anti-piracy warnings to subscribers whose accounts are repeatedly flagged for copyright infringements and block access to frequently visited websites. The company will apply these measures starting November 28. The other ISPs will also likely launch on this date as the Center for Copyright Information (CCI) is pushing for a simultaneous launch.

The "Six-strikes" system allows content owners hand over to a participating ISP the IP address of a specific computer they believe is pirating their material. The ISP then matches the IP address used at a given date and time with one of its subscribers and sends the person an alert that notifies her or him that the "account may have been misused for potentially illegal file sharing, explain why the action is illegal and a violation of the ISP's policies, and provide advice about how to avoid receiving further alerts as well as how to locate film, television, and music content legally," states the CCI website.

"In an effort to assist content owners with combating on-line piracy, AT&T will be sending alert e-mails to customers who are identified as having been downloading copyrighted content without authorization from the copyright owner", says AT&T in internal training documents.

"The reports are made by the content owners and are of IP-addresses that are associated with copyright infringing activities. AT&T will not share any personally identifiable information about its customers with content owners until authorized by the customer or required to do so by law."

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