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On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Chris L. Morrow wrote: I wonder if they did a proof of concept at all, or if they just read the glossies.. It shouldn't be a surprise, since most of it is marketing fluff. Same as the Antivirus vendors, Intrusion Detection vendors, Spam blocking vendors, etc. They all seem to have the same problems when trying working in public ISP networks. And all have done the dog and pony show trying to get politicians to force ISPs to buy their products, whether or not the products are actually effective or safe. An university using these systems said "works great, we receive less complaints from the RIAA, but sometimes we interrupt student's other network traffic such as VOIP calls." For example is it Safe: Will it block traffic to emergency services, e.g. 9-1-1 or 1-1-2 if the caller has a radio playing copyrighted music in the background? I'm sorry your call can not be completed to 9-1-1 until you turn off your radio even if you are being murdered in your home. or is it Effective: Will it block copyrighted music transmissions mixed with other things such as a voice call with a radio playing in the background. If you leave other communication channels operating, people will find a way to use them. Good for venture capilists funding these companies, because you have to constantly pay for new and improved.
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