In a few months millions of BitTorrent users in the United States
will be actively monitored as part of an agreement between the MPAA,
RIAA and all the major ISPs. Those caught sharing copyright works will
receive several warning messages and will be punished if they continue
to infringe. Today the center responsible for administering the scheme
announced its Executive Board, which surprisingly enough doesn’t include
any neutral executives.

Starting this summer, the Center for Copyright Information (
CCI) will start to track down ‘pirates’ as part of an agreement with all major U.S. Internet providers.
Last year the parties agreed on a system through which copyright
infringers are warned that their behavior is unacceptable. After six
warnings ISPs may then take a variety of repressive measures, which
includes slowing down the offender’s connection and temporary
disconnections.
The new plan was announced under the name ‘Copyright Alerts‘ last
year and will be implemented by all parties by July 12, 2012. As this
deadline nears, the CCI today unveiled several key players who are going
to lead the group.
Surprisingly, the Executive Board is exclusively made up of representatives from the RIAA, MPAA and the ISPs.