* Roy Schestowitz fired off this tart reply:
> IFPI: ISPs Should Block BitTorrent and The Pirate Bay
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>| The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is trying to
>| convince European lawmakers that ISPs should take extreme measures to fight
>| piracy. They suggest that ISPs should block access to websites such as The
>| Pirate Bay, and block filesharing protocols, no matter what they?re being
>| used for.
> `----
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> http://torrentfreak.com/isps-should-block-bittorrent-and-tpb-071226/
>
> They can kill the protocols, legitimate use will end (e.g. Linux ISOs), and
> their so-called 'pirates' will find new alternatives routes anyway. They'll
> just knife the baby and the bathwater will stay.
I'm sure they can do stuff with Microsoft SOAP on port 80 <cackle>
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Tux rox!
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