[x-pubpol] Bill Rosenblatt on CISAC World Creators Summit 2013

[Joly MacFie]

[clipped from
http://copyrightandtechnology.com/2013/06/06/cisac-world-creators-summit-2013/]

A few sessions at WCS particularly stood out.  One was on antipiracy
initiatives, such as the graduated response systems in France (Hadopi) and
the US (Copyright Alert System).  The most interesting thing we learned
there was that, to paraphrase Mark Twain, recent rumors of Hadopi’s death
(such as this one<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/technology/03iht-piracy03.html?pagewanted=all>and
this
one<http://torrentfreak.com/france-set-to-dump-3-strikes-anti-piracy-law-but-automated-fines-will-live-on-130514/>)
have been greatly exaggerated.  (As is often the case, Ars
Technica<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/06/france-removes-internet-cut-off-threat-from-its-anti-piracy-law/>got
it the most right.)  The reality is that Hadopi’s core “three strikes”
system will remain intact, but without the threat of suspending users’
Internet access and with maximum fines lowered from €1500 to €60.  The
Hadopi agency itself is to be disbanded, but the functions will simply move
to another existing French agency, a process that has already started with
the transfer of some personnel.

In other words, Hadopi is being repositioned as more of a copyright
education campaign — closer to the Copyright Alert System being
administered by the Center for Copyright Information, whose CEO, Jill
Lesser, was also on the panel.

Although the Copyright Alert System is too new to report results, Hadopi
has had time to acquire and analyze a significant amount of data.  Hadopi’s
director of legal affairs, Sarah Jacquier, acknowledged that Hadopi only
addresses P2P file sharing and does not address direct downloads or illegal
streaming.  She noted that while both legal and illegal streaming have
increased since Hadopi started in 2009, that same period saw drops in
measured P2P usage, increases in usage of legal services, and an increase
from 71% to 78% in the number of users who use legal content services only.

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