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| Chilling Effects Clearinghouse > DMCA Notices > Weather Reports > Controversial "Six Strikes" Enforcement Regime Likely Begins in the U.S. Today | 
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|  Controversial "Six Strikes" Enforcement Regime Likely Begins in the U.S. TodayAdam Holland, February 25, 2013 Abstract: As regular Chilling Effects visitors and reader know, the controversial “Six strikes” copyright enforcement regime likely rolls out in the U.S. today. Prepare to be “educated” and maybe throttled, but never disconnected. Roundly criticized for the level of enforcement power it gives to ISPs, how it helps stacks the deck for the large institutional rights-holders, the new bureaucracy it has spawned, for the bizarrely arbitrary nature of its putative sanctions, and for the ineptitude of its enforcement body, “Six strikes” nevertheless has the potential to impact almost every broadband internet user in the United States. While only a few ISPs signed on, those few serve approximately 75% of US Internet users, with Comcast way out in front of that pack.. What's more, depending on who you choose to give credence to, six strikes may bring about the death of free public Wi-Fi. We here at Chilling Effects urge you to help us stay abreast of the situation.
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