92.9 Jack FM -- Playing What We Want » piracy http://929jackfm.com Playing What We Want Thu, 23 May 2013 14:42:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 ISP's Attempt to Reign in Attempted Piracy with Stern Warnings http://929jackfm.com/isps-attempt-to-reign-in-attempted-piracy-with-stern-warnings/ http://929jackfm.com/isps-attempt-to-reign-in-attempted-piracy-with-stern-warnings/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:30:33 +0000 Jack FM Staff http://929jackfm.com/?p=19897 In what's being heralded as a win for film and music studios, the country's top internet service providers -- Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and Verizon -- have all signed on to a new initiative called the Copyright Alert System to combat internet piracy.

The new process will identify users suspected of digital copyright infringement, such as heavy downloaders, and then send out a series of six warnings, each promising "progressively harsher consequences if the initial cautions ignored."

]]> http://929jackfm.com/isps-attempt-to-reign-in-attempted-piracy-with-stern-warnings/feed/ 0 Prince Swears Off Recording Until Someone Fixes P2P Internet Sharing http://929jackfm.com/prince-swears-off-recording-until-someone-fixes-the-internet/ http://929jackfm.com/prince-swears-off-recording-until-someone-fixes-the-internet/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:00:01 +0000 Jeff Giles http://tsminteractive.com/?p=20060 Ah, Prince. Whether he’s changing his name to a symbol, scrawling slogans on his face, threatening to sue his fans, or publicly daydreaming about a world in which no one is allowed to cover his songs, he’s always good for a provocative quote or two.

His latest interview, with the UK’s Guardian, didn’t disappoint.

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