Internet Filtering Lobby ?
Does anyone know what this group is really about and how it might actually impact real networks ? Regards Marshall http://www.artsandlabs.com/ http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/entertainment-l.html Behind the lobby are AT&T, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Viacom and the Songwriters Guild of America. Among other things, the lobby, calledArts+Labs, says "network operators must have the flexibility to manage and expand their networks to defend against net pollution and illegal file-trafficking which threatens to congest and delay the network for all consumers."
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
Does anyone know what this group is really about and how it might actually impact real networks ?
Reminds me of something Fergie said at ISOI 5 just a couple of weeks ago: if only the records industry was interested in folks like Atrivo and RBN (as they would be doing warez). Oh wait! This seems more like a copyright (and similar) issues group, which wants to filter valid user content (illegal or not) rather than abusive content which damages the net's daily operations. Right. Gadi.
Regards Marshall
http://www.artsandlabs.com/ http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/entertainment-l.html
Behind the lobby are AT&T, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Viacom and the Songwriters Guild of America. Among other things, the lobby, calledArts+Labs, says "network operators must have the flexibility to manage and expand their networks to defend against net pollution and illegal file-trafficking which threatens to congest and delay the network for all consumers."
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:04:59AM -0400, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
Does anyone know what this group is really about and how it might actually impact real networks ?
I think Mike Masnick (over at TechDirt) has this nailed: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080925/0216422370.shtml Quoting in part: To begin with, the group appears to be positioning "piracy" as something similar to "viruses" or "spam," suggesting an equivalency that should lead to widespread use of filtering equipment. Of course, they seem to be missing the fact that piracy isn't about others with nefarious intent trying to harm or scam you -- but about people getting content that they want. But in Mike McCurry's "up is down, down is up" world, piracy is apparently something that consumers themselves need to be protected from: ---Rsk
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