The Recording Industy Association of America (RIAA) and 14 other groups have called for stronger regulations that would require internet service providers (ISPs) to block pirated content, in a bid to reform a takedown system that the groups describe as “antiquated.” As Ars Technica reports, the RIAA outlined its proposal in a letter last week to the US Copyright Office, weeks after the US ended its six-strike Copyright Alert System because it was deemed ineffective at deterring piracy.
The groups say that the “burdensome” takedown process outlined under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) has led to "an endless game of whack-a-mole" that has obliged rights holders to file repeated takedown requests with ISPs. The current...
via The Verge
