----- Forwarded message from Jay Ashworth <[email protected]> ----- From: Jay Ashworth <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:23:31 -0500 (EST) To: NANOG <[email protected]> Subject: What are you doing about Six Strikes? X-Mailer: Zimbra 6.0.9_GA_2686 (ZimbraWebClient - FF3.0 (Linux)/6.0.9_GA_2686)
This just in from Lauren Weinstein. This is, of course, today. Have people actually deployed changes to support this? Cheers, -- jra ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: "PRIVACY Forum mailing list" <[email protected]> > ISP six-strikes starts tomorrow, and the expected results are ... > > http://j.mp/W47lA7 (Torrent Freak) > > "The much-discussed U.S. six strikes anti-piracy scheme is expected to > go live on Monday. The start date hasn't been announced officially by > the CCI but a source close to the scheme confirmed the plans." > > - - - > > Expected results: > > 1) Legit users are harassed due to IP address mix-ups, etc. Remember > you must pay to file an appeal. > > 2) Proxy services see a massive up-tick in use. > > 3) Public Wi-Fi access points in small stores, etc. are decimated. > > 4) Relatively visible Torrent-based systems are even more rapidly > replaced with completely underground and well-hidden systems. > > 5) In relatively short order, the MPAA et al. will be back with their > Congressional supporters again demanding that the Internet be remade > to protect their obsolete 20th century profit center models, no > matter what the costs. > > --Lauren-- > Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [email protected] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274 ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
