Started today, someone will probably run a thread...
http://www.techspot.com/news/51747-controversial-six-strikes-copyright-alert-system-launches-in-us.html
“The “six-strike” warning system that aims to curb illegal downloads in the U.S. is set to go live today after missing its scheduled launch in November...the copyright alerts only appear target a subgroup of users, namely those sharing through BitTorrent. According to TorrentFreak, “the millions of users of file-hosting services, Usenet and streaming sites are not going to be affected.” The site goes on to point out that even those who keep using BitTorrent can avoid the warnings by signing up for one of many anonymizing services like proxies and VPNs...”
Costs $35 to appeal.
http://www.law.com/corporatecounsel/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202589552962&Controversial_Copyright_Alert_System_to_Combat_Online_Piracy&slreturn=20130125182546
“...How does the CAS know someone is downloading illegally? The CCI’s partners—companies that own and develop music, movies, and TV shows—join peer-to-peer networks and locate the music, movies, or TV shows they have created and own. If they see a title on the network that is copyrighted, they identify the Internet Protocol (IP) address of any computer that shared the material illegally. They then notify the ISP that controls that IP address, and the ISP then passes on a Copyright Alert to its customer. “No personal information about consumers is shared between the content owners and ISPs, and ISPs are not involved in the process of identifying copyrighted content,” the CCI says...”