http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FRA_law

I’ve been using Jondo/JAP for years now, which ships with a Firefox profile so crammed full of security Addons that it could be comfortably called secure.
You can pipe whatever service you want through Jondo/JAP – it’s free, been developed for years now by buffs at TU Dresden. If you want higher speeds you can pay for extra bandwidth (not much) and even support bloggers around the world by enabling the “anti-censorship” feature.
Jondo/Jap is cross platform.
Highly recommended.

What these international copyright laws are trying to do is protect the tax collection for this income and the profits for the media companies. Since entertainment is such a high earner throughout the world, and the US’s share of it’s popularity, it’s natural that governements would collude with media companies, and not artisits, to protect revenue. There is not US constitutional right to be protected FROM copyright laws so, like credit card companies, they add scads of fine print to the law to jack up the terms and conditions of copyright. Since the governments are colluding with private enterprise to acquire this income stream, they make natural bed partners but it’s the consumers who eventually have the non-consentual sex. My guess is that it will only get worse when the US government classifies filesharing content to be a form of unearned income and the IRS becomes involved in collecting the tax on it.

Would using this service give me an american IP so that I could get access to online content (hulu.com etc) that is otherwise IP blocked outside north-america? Anyone know?

Well, during the beta testing, I got IP addresses that were in Sweden. And from reading the FAQ, it looks like that is still the case.

The IP addresses used will depend on where the end point(s) is(are) located. Right now, that’s only Sweden.

If it’s everything (and it works) then that is a pretty sweet deal. If I hear a couple more positive reviews i might just have to give it a try…

We’ve seen this sort of disconnect before: man-years of
work on the software, but they can’t spend an hour going
over their legal document to rip out stuff that does not
apply to the product.

The inconsistency does not lead to increased trust.

If you are looking for VPN, you can find a VPN Providers List on
http://www.start-vpn.com/

As for Microsoft, their crapola is only one more reason to switch to Mac or Linux!

Did you mean this: http://blogs.intel.com/technology/2011/01/intel_insider_-_what_is_it_no.php

Intel made a processor that will make sure you can not copy. That is what it is going to come down to. Start teaching yourself how linux works and you might have a chance.

I’m sure some 4 letter xxAA organizations would be interested as well, but their hackers aren’t as good.

Say the next Mac OS and Windows has an RIAA-approved data filter, so that the system is DRM’s up the wazoo. And if you don’t have this app, the Internets can detect this, and fine you based on how long your system remains vulnerable ?

Just musing.

Just remember Admiral Ackbar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dddAi8FF3F4

might be a good option.

They already require the installation of “ClientBased Filtering” on all installations of operating systems.

But the day will come where using a VPN without a governement licence will become criminal. Everything is about controlling information. The whole copyright issue is fake IMHO, it doesn’t make sense at all, governments don’t give a s***t about someone cpying Britney Spears. They just grabbed the opportunity to to try to recover control over the main communications channel of our time. It’s a old as the world: master the communications if you want the power.

Incredible issue, btw. The biggest fear we have nowadays, is being annoyed by the authorities who are elected to protect us.

http://rot13.baywords.com/2009/06/16/setting-up-ipredator-vpn-on-ubuntu/