Ahem! Responding to the content of the original post, this is a short-sighted move on the part of IAPs as they are voluntarily surrendering their protected status or "safe harbor", a provision under the flawed DMCA that said that carriers were not responsible for the content their users post or download. This has been the major reason you haven't seen the MPAA and RIAA thugs going after the carriers who, after all, have so much more money than Jamie Thomas or the average Internet user. Let us be clear, when this steaming pile of crap fails to work, as it will, because major infringers will find technology to get around it, who's going to get left with the lawsuits? The very carriers who have "failed" to police their users adequately.
So, what we're going to see is the carriers, not accountable to anyone for how they enforce their new policies, the RIAA and MPAA as usual demanding measures that will gut the Internet for legitimate uses, and key technologies for anonymization under fire as havens for piracy. In my world their profit motive is trumped by my right to privacy, or, the ability for on-line activists to be able to evade repressive governments, including that of my own United States of America. In short, this is just going to cost us all in the end. If you have the option of switching ISPs to one that does not support this travesty, do it now, vote with your money. This is the only way to force the thugs to act more responsibly. Christopher Bartlett To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected]
