Center for Copyright Information
| Abbreviation | CCI |
|---|---|
| Purpose | anti-piracy measures |
Membership | Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) AT&T Cablevision Comcast Time Warner Cable Verizon |
Executive Director | Jill Lesser[1] |
Executive Board | Thomas Dailey (Chairman) Steven Marks (Executive Vice President) Marianne Grant Alan Lewine Daniel M. Mandil Brent Olson |
Advisory Board | Jerry Berman Marsali Hancock Jules Polenetsky Gigi Sohn |
| Website | copyrightinformation |
The Center for Copyright Information (CCI) is a U.S. organization formed to educate the public about copyright law; coordinate with copyright owners and Internet service providers (ISPs) about issues related to online copyright infringement; assist with the design, implementation, review, and promotion of an online infringement notification and mitigation system; collect and disseminate online infringement data; and promote lawful means of obtaining copyrighted works.[2]
The CCI's primary focus is the development and oversight of a graduated response scheme called the Copyright Alert System (CAS), a campaign for copyright enforcement and public awareness targeting individuals whose Internet accounts are suspected of being used to infringe copyright via peer-to-peer (P2P) services. The system was co-developed by the CCI's founding member organizations, which include five major American ISPs and four major organizations representing copyright owners in the U.S. sound recording and motion picture industries.
Composition
Current members
Several music and motion picture industry organizations are members of the CCI:
- The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
- The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)
- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
- The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM).
Several major U.S. Internet service providers are also members:
Additional partners
The CCI employs the services of MarkMonitor (often d/b/a DtecNet) to detect and monitor suspected copyright infringement activity.[3]
Endorsements
The CCI received the support of the Barack Obama administration.[4]
Copyright Alert System
The Copyright Alert System—informally called "Six Strikes"—is a system wherein participating ISPs send up to six electronic warnings notifying subscribers of alleged copyright infringement, as reported by a monitoring service working on behalf of participating copyright owners. If copyright infringement is reported after a final warning, the ISPs have agreed to implement "mitigation measures", which can include penalties such as bandwidth throttling or disconnection of Internet service.
The CAS framework was established in mid-2011, after 3 years in the making,[5] but the ISPs didn't begin implementing the program until late February 2013.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Masnick, Mike (April 2, 2012). "Organization Overseeing Six Strikes Agreement Between Labels And ISPs Includes Advisory Board To Try To Keep Tech Folks Happy". Techdirt.
- ^ Memorandum of Understanding; Aug. 2011 amendment; Oct. 2012 amendment.
- ^ U.S. Copyright Surveillance Machine About To Be Switched On, Promises of Transparency Already Broken, Electronic Frontier Foundation, 15 Nov 2012.
- ^ Espinel, Victoria. “Working Together to Stop Internet Piracy”, The White House Blog, July 7, 2011. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ^ Brimmeier, Khristyn. Music, Film, TV, and Broadband Collaborate to Curb Online Content Theft, RIAA, July 2011.
- ^ Farivar, Cyrus (Feb 25 2013). ""Six strikes" enforcement policy debuts". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
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