Will Three Strikes Laws Take the Field in U.S. Copyright Ballgame? This content requires a paid GigaOM Pro subscription

When the U.S. enacted the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in 1998, giving the force of law to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaties, it created what appeared to many a strict regime for the enforcement of copyright on digital platforms. Though other countries also enacted laws ratifying the treaties, many failed to go as far as the DMCA in supporting technical protection measures against hacking and placing strict limits on the "safe harbors" for ISPs against liability for copyright infringement committed by users. A decade later, the U.S. regime is looking downright permissive. […]

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Do you think a three-strikes law would have a meaningful impact on file sharing in the U.S.?