Senators call for congressional hearings on ISP content blocking - GoFuckYourself.com

Matt 26z · 10-28-2007, 01:57 AM

ISP's had previously stated during the Net Neutrality debate that they would never attempt to control access to contnet. Then Comcast placed heavy restrictions on Bit Torrent usage. Some members of Congress are alarmed.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g...5r2YAD8SH4PD80

Bit Torrent was just the low hanging fruit. How long before the first ISP places obstacles between surfers and adult websites?

Doctor Dre · 10-28-2007, 02:49 AM

This is seriously fucked up... The two isps who deserve 95 % of my market are my two biggest competitor too.

After Shock Media · 10-28-2007, 02:54 AM

Against idea, hate torrents. Fuck hate catch 22 issues.

Though spamming is illegal online activity and doesnt go against net nuetrality does it? Can we not lump torrents into same can. They are primarly used and trasmit illegal material. Then create some sort of way to white lable non illegal usage responsible torrents.

Redrob · 10-28-2007, 05:09 AM

This is gonna be a real problem, IMHO.

Matt 26z · 10-28-2007, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by After Shock Media

Can we not lump torrents into same can. They are primarly used and trasmit illegal material. Then create some sort of way to white lable non illegal usage responsible torrents.

White listing even now when torrents are fairly new would be a huge project. Anyone who wanted to run torrents would have to submit requests to every ISP. That isn't going to work.

Black listing select trackers as they find them would be easier, but technology always wins and the pirates are constantly on top of that.

This is just going to get more difficult as torrents blend into the internet. Joost, Vuze, Bablegum, Zattoo, etc... use torrents to serve out their video. Many companies are looking towards this as an answer to their video bandwidth issues.

crockett · 10-28-2007, 07:36 PM

Good, I hope this makes them put the law on the books.

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Matt 26z So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: ¤ª"˜¨๑۩۞۩๑¨˜"ª¤ Posts: 18,481	Senators call for congressional hearings on ISP content blocking ISP's had previously stated during the Net Neutrality debate that they would never attempt to control access to contnet. Then Comcast placed heavy restrictions on Bit Torrent usage. Some members of Congress are alarmed. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g...5r2YAD8SH4PD80 Bit Torrent was just the low hanging fruit. How long before the first ISP places obstacles between surfers and adult websites?

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Redrob Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: In a refrigerator box by the tracks. Posts: 4,790	This is gonna be a real problem, IMHO.

10-28-2007, 07:36 PM	#6
crockett in a van by the river Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 76,806	Good, I hope this makes them put the law on the books.