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'Six Strikes' Program Doesn't Work, Studios Say

The small Hollywood studios that make up the Internet Security Task Force say the Copyright Alert System -- which issues warnings and sanctions to suspected file-sharers is a “sham”, Techdirt reports. The ISTV says that the five broadband companies participating in the Copyright Alert System -- AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon -- saw a 4.54% increase in copyright infringement during the last three months of 2014.

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