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Originally Posted by DamianJ
How do you propose they police the sites to remove copyrighted content?
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Piracy can be reduced by a lot and it can happen very quickly. All it takes is for Congress to pass a bill. Piracy is not just going to continue to grow exponentially without anyone stepping in to make some new rules. As internet connections get faster and industries lose more and more money something will be done.
My guess is some government "panel" will come in to rescue the industries effected, (music, movie, software, adult).
The recording industry has already dropped its policy of filing lawsuits against individual infringers in favor of partnering with ISPs to filter for unlawful content.
Congress has also already introduced an amendment that would allow for "reasonable network management" practices such as deterring unlawful activity, including copyright infringement.
If a panel like this was created then sites could be "filtered" by all the largest telecommunication giants. Imagine if this "panel" said we are going to block all U.S. based traffic to Piratebay, rapidshare, megaupload, etc, etc..It would obviously never eliminate piracy but it will put a huge dent in it and at a big cost to our current unrestricted internet.