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Just a question, since I was unable to attend.
Has anyone brought up the fact that this is not just a torrent problem (although that is a huge part of it)? The larger picture is that this isn't just something affecting adult only. The history of it certainly goes back to warez and music (Napster anyone??) But here is my thoughts and questions.
YouTube is pretty much the same thing as YouPorn, Megarotic, RedPorn, etc. A posting site for video content. As ridiculous as the DCMA is right now, YouTube is chalk full of illegal content. Did anyone discuss that NBC, ABC, CBS and every cable network is having their content pilfered and rebroadcast nightly? Hell, if I missed Leno last night, why go to the NBC website to see it and get all those annoying commercials.. I can just go to YouTube to see the best parts (of course they are without NBC's authorization). The DCMA was a bandaid at best and serious legislation and enforcement is the only solution.
I am responsible for not putting anyone under the age of 18 on my site. Plain and clear. If I want to try to get by this law, I will get arrested, thrown in jail, all my belongings will be seized and I will be labeled a child pornographer. This is a pretty big fuckin deterrent!!! Why are we the only ones responsible for what our sites contain? Why are we not pushing more than anything else to have every site out there accessible from a United States computer beholden to the same rules. You must police your own content!!!! You cannot host or link or even allow the discussion of things that are illegal. If you are a secondary content provider, you really should check out your product (what you sell for others) before just willy-nilly selling it. It may be illegal or stolen or what not. Why do I feel like I am the only one that thinks this is the most important concept.
This is not just an adult issue. It's an internet issue. It affects mainstream media, the music industry, the software industry, adult... everyone.
P2P sites should be illegal and prohibited unless the owners can assure that they can police the files being distributed among them (knowing that the volume is waaaaayyyyy to high for anyone to ever police, I would be surprised if one could ever be created).
I know I am not 100% on my thoughts here and there are legal aspects to be addressed... but this is not just an adult problem and as such should not be just treated as such.
BTW, isn't it amazing at some of these Alexa rankings that many of the highest ranking sites in the world are traffickers of illegal content (including YouTube, MySpace (how many people are using stolen images on there???), every torrent site you can think of).... and who are the sites making much of this possible... well that would be your friendly search engines like Google, Yahoo, etc etc.
I am not advocating Gestapo tactics on the Internet, but truly, there is no effective legislation governing it, and there is really no effective policing of it. That needs to change. And it needs to happen sooner rather than later. Another band-aid or accepting the fact that theives now live in your neighborhood will never solve anything.
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