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CCI Recommits to Independent Evaluation of Content Methodology

On October 18th, CCI provided an important update regarding implementation of the Copyright Alert System. That update was intended to emphasize the hard work we have done to implement this ground breaking partnership of media companies, ISPs and consumer advocates to help users take advantage of the many new ways to experience digital content in …

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THE COPYRIGHT ALERT SYSTEM: MOVING TO IMPLEMENTATION

Over the past year, my colleagues and I at the Center for Copyright Information (CCI) have been working hard with our creative content partners, participating Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and our Advisory Board to implement the Copyright Alert System (CAS) initially announced in July 2011. As is often the case with highly technical, multi-party programs, …

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From Where I Sit

I’ve spent my career in Washington working at the intersection of the First Amendment, the internet and the creative rights of artists. When I got here, the digital age had just begun. I landed first at People for the American Way, working to keep regulators from stifling the internet’s power as a tool of democracy, …

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Dotting Our “I”s

Due to unexpected factors largely stemming from Hurricane Sandy which have seriously affected our final testing schedules, CCI anticipates that the participating ISPs will begin sending alerts under the Copyright Alert System in the early part of 2013, rather than by the end of the year. Our goal has always been to implement the program …

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CCI Participates in the World Creators Summit Along with White House’s Espinel

Last week, the Center for Copyright Information (CCI) participated in the World Creators Summit* here in Washington, DC as a panelist.  The Summit brought together international representatives of the creative world from authors to musicians to executives involved in the creation, production and dissemination of creative works around the world.  The gathering allowed CCI to …

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