governments
Virgin to use DPI file share ‘monitor’ system
With entertainment cartel plans to use world governments as copyright enforcers in the background, Britain’s Virgin Media says it plans to try a DPI (deep packet inspection) system called CView. “CView is the first commercially available solution to provide a metric highlighting the volume and nature of Peer to Peer (P2P) file sharing activity on an ISP network,” says its owner, Detica. But it, “does not, and cannot, identify individual Internet users,” it states, boasting it’s, “The only accurate way of providing a ‘digital piracy’ index to both ISPs and CPs is to measure the actual P2P activity taking place within an ISP network.” Raw traffic data and identification information are “deleted in the closed system and cannot be accessed by a human operator,” it promises.
Continue reading »More Google Street View privacy problems
p2pnet has been pointing out privacy problems with Google advertising hook Street View since the day it was launched. Complaints have been pouring in not only from individuals, but also governments, around the world. Ask Beatle Paul McCartney .
Continue reading »Dear Kevin Rudd …
Incredible though it may seem, the Australian government seems bound and determined to use taxpayer money in an enterprise to spy on taxpayers on behalf of the Korporate Kopyright Kartels who, of course, are not taxpaying citizens of Australia. “In the Australian Federal Government’s latest assault on the internet,” writes srjh on Slashdot , “”draft legislation has been released that allows network operators to intercept communications to ensure that their networks are being ‘appropriately used ‘,” continuing »»» Such legislation is particularly important given the interference of Communications Minister Stephen Conroy in a recent copyright lawsuit against iiNet, one of the largest ISPs in the country. Conroy called prominent filtering opponent iiNet’s inaction over copyright infringement ’stunning,’ whereas iiNet claimed that it would be illegal under current Australian law to intercept its users’ downloads.
Continue reading »P2P and Bonnie & Clyde
I spend a lot of my time explaining to perfectly reasonable and intelligent people that P2P isn’t illegal, but every time, they respond with the stock standard answer – ‘But I read in the New York Times’ (and/or) saw it on an advertisement on Foxtel, or somewhere) ”that P2P was illegal. So I thought I’d blog about P2P so I can in the future merely refer people to this article and not have to explain it anymore. Bonnie and Clyde got to be Public Enemy Number One Politicians and the folks from the mainstream press would have you believe P2P is illegal.
Continue reading »French Reject "Three-Strikes" Piracy Measure
French Parliament on Thursday rejected a so-called “three-strikes” law that would have terminated internet service for repeat, online copyright scofflaws. The move , on the heels of similar rejections in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, and even the European Parliament, comes as the music and movie industries push governments and internet service providers to terminate or suspend service of peer-to-peer file sharers. Paul McGuinness, U2’s band manager, said Tuesday the measure would pass and noted “The French government should be congratulated.” Still, the governments of Italy and South Korea are still weighing such proposals.
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