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Re: Internet Filtering Lobby ?

  • From: Gadi Evron
  • Date: Fri Sep 26 10:12:44 2008
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
Does anyone know what this group is really about and how it might actually impact real networks ?

Reminds me of something Fergie said at ISOI 5 just a couple of weeks ago: if only the records industry was interested in folks like Atrivo and RBN (as they would be doing warez). Oh wait!

This seems more like a copyright (and similar) issues group, which wants to filter valid user content (illegal or not) rather than abusive content which damages the net's daily operations.

Right.

Gadi.


Regards
Marshall

http://www.artsandlabs.com/
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/entertainment-l.html

Behind the lobby are AT&T, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Viacom and the Songwriters Guild of America. Among other things, the lobby, calledArts+Labs, says "network operators must have the flexibility to manage and expand their networks to defend against net pollution and illegal file-trafficking which threatens to congest and delay the network for all consumers."