Policing internet 'not ISP's job'

mcadam · Apr 4, 2008

The head of one of Britain's biggest internet providers has criticised the music industry for demanding that he act against pirates.
The trade body for UK music, the BPI, asked internet service providers to disconnect people who ignore requests to stop sharing music.
But Charles Dunstone of Carphone Warehouse, which runs the TalkTalk broadband service, is refusing.
He said it is not his job to be an internet policeman.
BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones said that the music industry has been fighting a losing battle to prevent people from swapping songs for nothing on the internet.
Mr Dunstone, whose TalkTalk broadband is Britain's third biggest internet provider, said the demands are unreasonable and unworkable.
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LauraR · Apr 4, 2008

I agree.

I think their job should be making sure people don't send out bulk spam emails. Other than that, it's unrealistic for them to monitor something like song swapping. Talk about micromanaging.rolleyes

Mada_Milty · Apr 4, 2008

Big problem up here where there STILL isn't net neutrality legislation!

The CBC released a documentary you could download via bittorrent, but ISPs have been throttling bittorrent bandwidth to discourage piracy.

So, this is a another example of anti-piracy measures overstepping their bounds, and damaging unrelated net applications, and choking out innovation.

BALLS!

Mada_Milty · Apr 7, 2008

Good News: A P2P plug-in was released that could detect net neutrality violations

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