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Hollywood wants to own your outputs (and that’s a good idea)
We like to encourage debate in hot topics in tech policy and law. This week, we’re focusing on Selectable Output Control, which Hollywood and the cable industry are both pushing hard for at the FCC. We invited Kyle McSlarrow, head of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (cable’s trade and lobbying group in Washington) to take his best shot at convincing Ars readers of the virtue, wonder, and necessity of SOC.
Continue reading »Cable: DPI is good for us; Congressman: it’s frightening
It takes a certain chutzpah for the cable industry to tell Congress that deep packet inspection (DPI) gear is “pro-consumer” because it can block viruses and spam on the network, help ISPs plan their capacity upgrades, and help law enforcement wiretaps—all while avoiding mention of Comcast’s “TCP reset packet” blocking of BitTorrent connections or Cox’s plan to decide what priority its users’ traffic should have. But that’s just what National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) head Kyle McSlarrow told Congress at a hearing yesterday, despite the hearing’s focus on consumer issues arising from DPI technology. Click here to read the rest of this article
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