The Center for Copyright Information (CCI) has begun implementation of the Copyright Alert System (CAS), the group said Monday. CAS is a collaborative effort among ISPs -- AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon -- and copyright holders, including the Recording Industry Association of America and Motion Picture Association of America. It will serve educational notices and mitigation measures to ISPs’ subscribers who access copyright-infringing material through peer-to-peer networks. The system was initially scheduled to launch last year, but implementation was delayed due to testing difficulties.

The Center for Copyright Information (CCI) has begun implementation of the Copyright Alert System (CAS), the group said Monday. CAS is a collaborative effort among ISPs -- AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon -- and copyright holders, including the Recording Industry Association of America and Motion Picture Association of America. It will serve educational notices and mitigation measures to ISPs’ subscribers who access copyright-infringing material through peer-to-peer networks. The system was initially scheduled to launch last year, but implementation was delayed due to testing difficulties.

The Center for Copyright Information (CCI) has begun implementation of the Copyright Alert System (CAS), the group said Monday. CAS is a collaborative effort among ISPs -- AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon -- and copyright holders, including the Recording Industry Association of America and Motion Picture Association of America. It will serve educational notices and mitigation measures to ISPs’ subscribers who access copyright-infringing material through peer-to-peer networks. The system was initially scheduled to launch last year, but implementation was delayed due to testing difficulties (WID Nov 29 p11).

President Barack Obama touted his executive order on cybersecurity during his State of the Union speech Tuesday as a step to “strengthen our cyberdefenses by increasing information sharing, and developing standards to protect our national security, our jobs, and our privacy,” and urged Congress to pass legislation to further the order’s goals. Enemies of the U.S. are “seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, and our air traffic control systems,” he said. “We cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy."

President Barack Obama touted his executive order on cybersecurity during his State of the Union speech Tuesday as a step to “strengthen our cyberdefenses by increasing information sharing, and developing standards to protect our national security, our jobs, and our privacy,” and urged Congress to pass legislation to further the order’s goals. Enemies of the U.S. are “seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, and our air traffic control systems,” he said. “We cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy."

House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., told reporters Wednesday that the subcommittee’s first hearing of the 113th Congress will investigate Internet regulation on Feb. 5. Also on tap are subcommittee hearings on the development of FirstNet, the FCC’s incentive auction and the reauthorization of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA).

House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., told reporters Wednesday that the subcommittee’s first hearing of the 113th Congress will investigate Internet regulation on Feb. 5. Also on tap is the reauthorization of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA).

An FCC-created “logo” program that prominently displays ISPs’ speeds and prices would help consumers “make somewhat informed choices” when comparing providers, the Open Internet Advisory Committee’s transparency working group said Thursday. The group recommended that a logo have three numbers: download speed, upload speed, and price. It would be the FCC’s decision whether to make the logo mandatory, said Russell Housley, chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force, who presented the group’s report. Consumers today require a “significant amount of expertise” to compare the different Internet options available to them, Housley said. By creating a logo that encourages disclosures in the same format, it could make an “apples-to-apples comparison” easier, he said. An FCC spokesman said the commission looks forward to reviewing the committee’s recommendations.

NTIA mobile privacy stakeholders met Thursday to discuss a voluntary code of conduct regarding how apps inform users what information they collect and how they use and share that information. The voluntary set of best practices, once adopted, would create an obligation for adopters, said John Verdi, NTIA director-privacy initiatives. “Once [apps] adopt, it is enforceable” by regulators including the FTC and state attorneys general, he said. Stakeholders discussed how the draft’s wording affects that obligation: “'Shall’ and must are mandatory. ‘Should’ is recommended,” Verdi summarized.

An FCC-created “logo” program that prominently displays ISPs’ speeds and prices would help consumers “make somewhat informed choices” when comparing providers, the Open Internet Advisory Committee’s transparency working group said Thursday. The group recommended that a logo have three numbers: download speed, upload speed, and price. It would be the FCC’s decision whether to make the logo mandatory, said Russell Housley, chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force, who presented the group’s report. Consumers today require a “significant amount of expertise” to compare the different Internet options available to them, Housley said. By creating a logo that encourages disclosures in the same format, it could make an “apples-to-apples comparison” easier, he said. An FCC spokesman said the commission looks forward to reviewing the committee’s recommendations.