 LokroPremium
join:2002-12-28
Loveland, CO | Question How would they police it? Force all ISPs to monitor every single users net usage? |
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Fishie
join:2003-01-14
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AT&T Inc. has joined Hollywood studios and recording companies in trying to keep pirated films, music and other content off its network — the first major carrier of Internet traffic to do so...
...As AT&T has begun selling pay-television services, the company has realized that its interests are more closely aligned with Hollywood," says AT&T's James Cicconi to the Times....
»www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi···set=true |
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
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said by Lokro:How would they police it? Force all ISPs to monitor every single users net usage? Yes, that's exactly what they want. Both Corporations AND the Government want total knowledge and control over what every citizen does in their life and on the internet.
Corporate greed combined with Abuse of Government Power and some of those "Science fiction scenarios" about "Future society" start to look alarmingly realistic.
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