fiberguy
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Re: $16.6 Million an Arm and Leg?
said by Matt  :I don't think the ISPs should play content cops, but come on, I find it hard to believe $16.6 million is an arm and a leg for France Telecom, who has a market cap of $57 BILLION. Even so, it's not the ISPs that are causing the so-called problems that the RIAA are claiming. I don't believe that the ISPs should have to pay anything to monitory anything for anyone.
In the US, you are innocent until proven guilty. I know this is a story about France, however, here in the U.S. they are trying to insinuate that everyone is guilty in advance and are trying to take preventative measures to stop pirating.
If the ISPs are forced to patrol this, at their own expense, what happens when some other industry wants THEIR interests looked after? and then the next.. and so on.
This is what I would think of as an un-funded mandate, and it's just wrong.
It's not the job of the ISP to patrol the content on the internet. Personally, I can see privacy issues playing a part here as well. Again, they're inspecting data being sent over the lines and trying to discriminate against that data, etc. They're asked to turn over information with out a court order...
I'm not one for piracy, however, I do see this as part of the cat and mouse game that is, quite honestly, required to be played. If they want the data, if they want the information on the subscriber for allegedly transferring music, etc.. let them prove their case in a court of law with law enforcement agencies and get the proper warrants like anyone else.
In this case, I sac screw the **AA and their whining. They can join the ranks of the failed unions in the auto industry that in their own attempt and failed policies in which is dragging the car makers down into ruin for all I care... the music industry is NOT important, for me, to care enough. |
