Comcast was only filtering for bandwidth, not content.
--- Stephen Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 10, 2008 10:04 AM, Dave Crozier > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For the past fifteen years, Internet service > providers have acted - to use > > an old cliche - as wide-open information > super-highways, letting data flow > > uninterrupted and unimpeded between users and the > Internet. > > But ISPs may be about to embrace a new metaphor: > traffic cop. > > > > At a small panel discussion about digital piracy > here at NBC's booth on > > the > > Consumer Electronics Show floor, representatives > from NBC, Microsoft, > > several digital filtering companies and telecom > giant AT&T said the time > > was > > right to start filtering for copyrighted content > at the network level. > > > > > > > http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/att-and-other-isps-may-be-getting-r > > eady-to-filter/index.html > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > If comcast could do it why not others? They were > going after Bit Torrents. > > -- > Stephen Russell > Sr. Production Systems Programmer > Mimeo.com > Memphis TN > > 901.246-0159 > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
