Arstechnica is reporting that very likely a so-called 'six strikes' piracy warning system will come to the United States this year. The measure has invented and developed by the Center for Copyright Information (CCI), together with major ISPs and hotshots of the recording and film industry. The system will give internet pirates six warnings, where they will likely choose for a system where warning levels are increased and, potentially, download speeds of copyright infringing users are gradually decreased based on the warning level.
According to the CCI, the system should be mainly a learning experience for internet users, as the basic idea is to sent six educational alerts to users containing educational videos or text and where an user has to acknowledge receipt of the warning.
After the sixth warning the internet user is pretty much outlawed and then copyright holders could start lawsuits or ISPs could disconnect the user. The system is officially known as the Copyright Alert System and should have launched in December 2011, but was delayed till July this year. Also that deadline wasn't achieved but now the CCI expects to be ready to launch it by the end of this year.
