RIAA Wants 'Net Neutrality' To Include Filtering 212
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The RIAA is now worried about the FCC's rulemaking concerning Net Neutrality. Specifically, they're worried that the rules might make it difficult for ISPs to filter out copyright infringement and child pornography, so they want to make sure that spying on and filtering internet traffic is okay, so long as it's being done for a good reason, even if it doesn't work correctly and blocks non-infringing content. Incidentally, the RIAA has some justification to lump child pornography and copyright infringement: after all, people might infringe upon the original cover art for the album 'Virgin Killer,' which featured a naked under-aged girl in a way that some consider pornographic. The copyright on it belongs to RCA Records."
Jesus Christ (Score:5, Informative)
Typical Corporate & Government Propaganda! (Score:3, Informative)
There's always a reason to curtail people's rights:
Communist witch hunt
The Cold war
Terrorism
Child Pornography
Let's suppose they do start "filtering" content there will always be a way to circumvent it.
It comes to a point where if you stand against it you are then branded a "sympathizer" and thus becomes politically incorrect to oppose it.
(In the UK when anyone questioned immigration policy they were publically branded "racist" by the Labour party and prevented it from being debated. It was a legitimate concern)
Unfortunately not nearly enough people question the motives of the Government & their commercial "bed fellows".
Re:As if that has not been known. (Score:5, Informative)
Except everything you just said is a lie. Network neutrality has always allowed reasonable network management, including spam blocking, firewalls, etc. Why are you deliberately misrepresenting the issues involved in network neutrality? And who on /. modded you up for it?
Re:They forgot to include terrorism (Score:3, Informative)
Like the IRA videos of kids throwing petrol bombs at RUC cops with soundtrack provided by RATM? Something tells me RATM isn't opposed, but their label might have a thing or two to say about it.
This is nothing new (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Jesus Christ (Score:3, Informative)
Seriously, we have FBI officials telling the news stations that children are "re-victimized" every single time someone looks at child pornography. The executive branch is chastising judges who oppose harsher sentences for possession of child pornography, even in cases where the punishment for possession exceeds the punishment for child abuse. The government wants everyone to be afraid of child pornography; after all, gangs, satanism, drugs and terrorism are old news now.
Re:Jesus Christ (Score:5, Informative)
correction: The music industry LOVES child pornography.
"Child pornography is great," the speaker at the podium declared enthusiastically. "It is great because politicians understand child pornography. By playing that card, we can get them to act, and start blocking sites. And once they have done that, we can get them to start blocking file sharing sites".
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/28/music-industry-spoke.html [boingboing.net]
Re:Typical Corporate & Government Propaganda! (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-464355/It-extremist-fascist-illiberal-demand-stringent-immigration-controls.html [dailymail.co.uk]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/3642549/Door-opens-for-migration-debate.html [telegraph.co.uk]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1280705/Labour-tried-stifle-debate-immigration.html [dailymail.co.uk]
http://www.cadaad.org/2010_volume_4_issue_1/63-45 [cadaad.org]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2010/04/the_politics_of_race.html [bbc.co.uk]
http://blogcritics.org/politics/article/gordons-gaffe-sinks-labour-in-heat/ [blogcritics.org]
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