>>>>> "IC" == Ian Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
IC> Well, for what it is worth, in my other life, I have spoken to
IC> some of the top people in a *very* large ISP's broadband
IC> division, and the strong impression I get from them is that if
IC> their users want P2P, they will bend-over-backwards to give it
IC> to them.
Do you have an acceptable use policy or Terms of Service for that
company that states that explicitly? Or were they just kissing your
ass because you were the coolio peer-to-peer expert visiting for the
day? Did you call out MediaEnforcer-style letters explicitly? What was
their response?
Also, if you name the ISP, I bet you many Content-Type=beer/draft's
that I can find an explicit cancellation policy on their Website.
Actually, since I'm in a betting mood... I have $20 payable by PayPal
for the first person to come up with a consumer ISP that does not have
a cancellation policy for distributing copyrighted materials.
IC> They have already begun to investigate how to make such a
IC> thing easier. Also, recall that companies like Intel, which
IC> have a strong vested interest in P2P, will apply strong
IC> pressure against any effort to curtail it.
You know, Ian, for a freedom fighter you sure have a weird faith in
big establishment corporations. B-) Don't forget, Intel is one of the
C's in the 4C Entity, pushing copy protection into the ATA
standard. I'd be very surprised if they put even one iota of muscle
into stopping copyright.net.
Unless I'm mistaken -- somebody speak up if I'm not -- you're the only
person who's spoken in this discussion who doesn't think that ISPs are
wiggly spineless worms, and tech companies are amoral
money-grubbers.
I am *really* interested in seeing which of us is correct come New
Year's Eve, 2001.
~Mr. Bad
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