Comcast: We Won't Slow Down or Disconnect Alleged Pirates

MSO's mitigation steps under 'six strikes' antipiracy program will nag users with in-browser alert

By Todd Spangler, Multichannel News -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/28/2013 11:02:18 AM

Comcast will persistently nag subscribers suspected of illegally trading copyrighted material but -- unlike some other ISPs -- the cable operator says it will not throttle back connection speeds or block access to the Internet.

This week, after more than a year and a half in the works, Comcast and four other major U.S. broadband providers -- Time Warner Cable, AT&T, Verizon Communications and Cablevision Systems -- have begun alerting subscribers suspected of illegally sharing or downloading copyrighted content over peer-to-peer networks, under the media industry-led "six strikes" program.

On Wednesday, Comcast provided details of how it will carry out the Center for Copyright Information's Copyright Alert System.

In the first two instances, Comcast's Xfinity Internet users suspected of copyright infringement will receive "information-focused alerts" via both in-browser alerts and emails, Susan Jin Davis, Comcast Cable's vice president of strategic services for communications and data services, wrote in a blog post. Alerts 3 and 4 will be more strongly worded "warning-focused alerts."

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