It seems the ISP-backed Copyright Alert System isn't the be-all, end-all tool for combating piracy that content owners were hoping for. At least not yet. As evidence of that, The Daily Dot is today detailing a test conducted in February meant to gauge how easily the alert system could be triggered. The study itself was fairly rudimentary; using Verizon as a test internet provider, orchestrators downloaded a bit torrent client and then hunted down popular pirated files like the season three premiere of Game of Thrones and a movie rip of The Avengers. And the source for the torrent files couldn't have been more predictable; The Pirate Bay was chosen for its widespread name recognition among both digital thieves and authorities across the...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/29/4281950/test-fails-trigger-copyright-alert-system-after-tv-movie-music-torrents
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