
ACTA and SOPA have put Internet copyright into the mainstream news agenda. The Copyright Enforcement Enigma introduces you to this topic. It explains the history of copyright sanctions. It puts 3-strikes and blocking policies into context. And it unravels the strange story of how it all got mixed up in the Telecoms Package and Amendment 138. When you finish it, you will understand why the ISPs and fundamental rights are under attack! Click here to get it!
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society At Harvard University ( 2011)
Rethinking Music A Briefing Book
Compiled for the Rethink Music Conference 25-27 April 2011
"The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (“ACTA”) — an international, multilateral intellectual property trade agreement — may require the United States to adopt graduated response regulations. Leaked early drafts drew criticism for explicitly requiring them. While the October 2010 final draft does not expressly mention a graduated response, it does contain broad language encouraging ISPs to use “fair and proportionate” remedies to enforce copyright laws. Some organizations argue that this language implies a graduated response requirement. "74
74 See, e.g. Monica Horten, Final ACTA puts Europe under more pressure for graduated response,
IPTEGRITY.com (Oct. 6, 2010, 10:23 PM)