Hollywood: Filtering and 3 Strikes Needs Encouragement

The Motion Picture Association of America wants Congress to “encourage” internet providers to filter out pirated movies, and to punish customers who repeatedly engage in piracy with a “graduated response” that might include disconnection from the net.

The nation’s motion picture lobbying group floated the ideas in a 35-page lobbying letter to the Federal Communications Commission on Friday. The FCC is drafting recommendations to Congress for a national broadband plan.

“Working in cooperation with ISPs, MPAA’s member studios and other creators can utilize a variety of technological tools and policy approaches to address the threat of unlawful conduct online,” reads the MPAA’s letter (.pdf) .

“These efforts, which include graduated response policies as well as technologies such as watermarking and filtering, have proven to be successful in various contexts,” the group continues. “MPAA strongly urges the commission to recommend that Congress encourage multiple efforts to deter unlawful activity” and to refrain from enacting a policy that would limit the MPAA’s options.

Read the rest of this VERY interesting article on Wired along with some passionate commentary

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