Music Industry Pressures EU Politicians for Filtered Internet
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| The music and film industry continues to pursue its idea of a
| politically "corrected" Internet - one that they imagine could protect their
| old business models without requiring any extra costs on their part.
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| This time, the fix is Internet-wide filtering. In a memo to European
| policy-makers, the International Federation of Phonographic Industries has
| called upon ISPs in Europe to filter the content sent across their networks,
| block protocols used by their customers, and cut off access to persistently
| infringing sites from the Net (you can read their full memo here). Left
| unsaid in it was the obvious implication: if ISPs aren't willing to comply,
| EU regulators should force the ISP's hand.
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http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/12/music-industry-europe-filter-pressure
Related:
BitTorrent Admin Monitored by US Government, Forced to Dump Linux
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| Sk0t, an ex-administrator of the EliteTorrents BitTorrent tracker is to have
| his internet connection forcibly monitored by the US Government. If that
| wasn’t bad enough, the monitoring software is Windows based - which means he
| is being forced to ditch Linux - or face being barred from the internet.
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http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-admin-monitored-by-us-government-forced-to-dump-linux/
Consumer groups want Comcast fined for thwarting the Bible
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| A number of consumer groups are petitioning the FCC to fine Comcast $195,000
| for every customer affected by their BitTorrent-throttling practices. The FCC
| has said in the past that service providers can't "block" customers from
| using certain applications or websites, but it hasn't enforced that policy.
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http://valleywag.com/tech/politics/consumer-groups-want-comcast-fined-for-thwarting-the-bible-317960.php
Comcast reported to FCC
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| P2P throttling breaks FCC 'net neutrality' policy
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| Among the consumer groups who have approached the FCC are the Consumer
| Federation of America, the Consumers Union, the Media Access Project and
| professors at the Internet practices of the Yale, Harvard and Stanford law
| schools.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/02/comcast-reported-fcc
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