On November 27, 2007 at 09:38 sean@donelan.com (Sean Donelan) wrote:
Some people have compared unwanted Internet traffic to water pollution, and proposed that ISPs should be required to be like water utilities and be responsible for keeping the Internet water crystal clear and pure.
Several new projects have started around the world to achieve those goals.
On a related note: FCC Could Extend Reach To Cable TV Vote Scheduled for Today May Open Door to Regulation http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2007/11/26/ST200711260220... Basically the FCC is being broken out of their cage of "broadcast spectrum and telephone monopolies only" and being given the power to regulate cable TV content. No doubt internet content can't be far behind, the boundaries have just disappeared and all that's left is "whatever seems to us to be in the interest of the public". The FCC is being turned into The Ministry of Censorship before your eyes. The pretext is consumer pricing (unbundling etc) but go look at sites like http://www.parentstv.org ("Parents Televsion Council"), they're already gunning for the FCC's new power over cable content to install their own agenda. If anyone doesn't think this is operational they're missing the point. Making the net as "clean and wholesome" as prime time TV is going to fall in the laps of operations. And that's where this is going, fast.
ITU anti-botnet initiative
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/cyb/cybersecurity/projects/botnet.html
France anti-piracy initiative
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/actualites/index-olivennes231107.htm
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