ctceo
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join:2001-04-26
South Bend, IN
clubs: | And ISP's are going to say:
"Or What?" And keep operating. |
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TSI Martin
Bilingual Tech Support
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join:2006-02-23
Chatham, ON
 ·Broadvox Direct
 ·Bell Sympatico
| said by ctceo  :"Or What?" And keep operating. Why don't we ask car companies to be accountable for drunk drivers, speeders, & any crime committed with a motor vehicle.
Lets hold the producer responsible for acts committed with his products. |
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Millenniumle
join:2007-11-11
Fredonia, NY
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If people were continuously renting cars to use as car bombs we'd expect rental car companies to do something to prevent it. We do expect ISP's to shut down child porn providers and would think of them as complicit if they didn't. In each case they are controlling agents; The ones able to effect a change.
The real problem is the apparent inability to identify copyright infringement across the pipe.
1. They have to identify the material.
2. They have to identify if the material has a copyright.
3. They have to identify if the material is being transferred without permission of the copyright holder.
I can see some serious latency issues. 
If at all possible I'd ask the government wanting the filtering accomplished to create the filtering mechanism and then legislate its use by ISP's. If I were an ISP in that situation, that is. Then the ISP could tell its customers that "it's the government's system, not ours." And the user experience would be consistent from ISP to ISP. Additionally, all the complaints go right up to the source. No longer able to ignore the fuck up they created, the government finally turns their back on the lobbyists. Turn the page.
So if I was an ISP, I know what I'd be pushing. And I'd have the recording industry eating out of my hands. |
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ctceo
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join:2001-04-26
South Bend, IN
clubs: | reply to TSI Martin
Re: And ISP's are going to say:
You can't crash an ISP into a packed minivan, causing bodily harm and/or death of innocent bystanders. While they may be able to cause financial damage which has it's side effects, the results are WAY less direct than the car & driver analogy. |
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