RIAA Wants Limits On Net Neutrality So ISPs Can Police File Sharing 173
Presto Vivace writes "Reporting for Computer World, Grant Gross writes that the RIAA is asking the FCC not to make the net neutrality rules so strict that they 'would limit broadband providers' [flexibility] to "address" illegal online file sharing.' It seems the RIAA is unclear on the concept of the Fourth Amendment. 'The FCC should not only avoid rules prohibiting ISPs from blocking illegal file trading, but it should actively encourage ISPs to do so, the RIAA said. ... Other groups called on the FCC to stay out of the copyright enforcement business. If ISPs are required to check for copyright infringement, they could interfere with legal online activities, said six digital rights and business groups, including Public Knowledge, the Consumer Electronics Association and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.'"
Re:analogy with mail (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Meteor (Score:1, Funny)
Anyone tried calling sephiroth? I'm sure he has just enough power left to drop a meteor on them.
Already patented. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Meteor (Score:3, Funny)
No, that would not kill them. The RIAA are more akin to cockroaches then dinosaurs.
Re:So basically (Score:1, Funny)
Maybe the RIAA are right?
We should block file sharing - lets start with the ISP the RIAA use, and their drones and employees and the Record Labels.
That way they'll never be able to tell what the rest of the internet is sharing.
Fairs, fair.