Comments on: America's "Six Strike" copyright punishment system on hold until 2013

By: Clifton

Clifton — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:44:00 +0000

So our collective punishment regime will be delayed not because it’s wrong, not because it’s against established judicial principles, not because it’s blinkered and misguided, but rather because a bunch of the biggest corporations in America could not get their shit together to do something in a timely fashion. I wish this were surprising.

I once read the Austro-Hungarian empire described thus: “The government of Austria is incapable of carrying out with thoroughness either an act of justice or an act of oppression. It sways from one side to the other. It is a system of despotism tempered by inefficiency.” That seems very descriptive of the system we now live under. We have unprecedented freedom of speech and communication, thanks to technology, which the corporate technology providers would like to take away as soon as it becomes a nuisance to anyone, only they just can’t get around to it very quickly.

By: chris coreline

chris coreline — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:30:00 +0000

because a ‘three strike policy’ just wasn’t big enough for those wide, open roads. :P

By: That_Anonymous_Coward

That_Anonymous_Coward — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:42:00 +0000

Except for the huge swath of the country where these providers enjoy monopoly control.

By: daev

daev — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:44:00 +0000

On the upside, imagine how many more TOR nodes we’ll have in operation…

I also wonder if this will be as effective as AT&Ts “blocking” of The Pirate Bay a few years back, which only blocked those without the savvy to bypass their DNS by simply picking any of the number of free and open DNS services out there.

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:28:00 +0000

So a hacker doesn’t like their neighbor (or even someone much further away using long range devices)…

Said hacker breaks into victim’s wifi router and downloads tons of content straight from the MPAA, RIAA, etc. by using a blocklist as a whitelist.

Good to know… good to know…

Hmmm… will these ISP’s make exceptions for congresscritters, etc.? [evil laugh]

By: Finnagain

Finnagain — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:59:00 +0000

“and will withhold Facebook and YouTube..”

Good! Maybe this will kill that facepants crap once and for all.

By: Gerald Mander

Gerald Mander — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:44:00 +0000

TIme to invest in VPN stock.

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:38:00 +0000

Early 2013? So, this turd drops in about a month?

By: Jardine

Jardine — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:22:00 +0000

Do you really think they’d make rules that allow scum such as us to accuse upstanding citizens such as them?

By: fr4nk

fr4nk — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:16:00 +0000

I had a chat with God today. She told me the natural disasters would continue until the Internet is left alone.

Your move, ISPs.

By: Michael McIntyre

Michael McIntyre — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:21:00 +0000

I really want to know how Big Entertainment doesn’t expect to have this crap used against them almost immediately. If accusations are all it takes to be shut down, aren’t we all going to immediately accuse these companies of violations? Even if it’s “legit” accusations, you can’t tell me someone working at some Sony office isn’t infringing right this very minute. Or, perhaps more pointedly, someone in just about any congressperson’s office? How long before we get their internet turned off under this regime? A week? Then we’ll see how long these rules last.

By: ldobe

ldobe — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:10:00 +0000

If the MPAA has it’s way, second time infringers will have the mark of the filmcan branded on their forehead. Third time infringers will be eaten by the sarlac

By: Roger Green

Roger Green — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:07:00 +0000

”ISPs voluntarily agree to punish their customers if the entertainment industry accuses them of piracy” And what if the “entertainment industry” is WRONG? Re-education courses – how very Soviet.

By: Nunya Bidness

Nunya Bidness — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:33:00 +0000

On the positive side of things, this could be a boon for smaller ISPs or ISPs who refuse to play ball with the MAFIAA as alleged pirates look elsewhere for connectivity…

By: Brian Fitzgerald

Brian Fitzgerald — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:31:00 +0000

Government can’t regulate industry to stop poisoning the planet, but industry can twist government to take extraordinarily invasive action to protect against illegal viewing of past episodes of “Friends.” Next we’ll all have to wear insignia pinned to our clothing to publicly stigmatize us.

By: Walker Shurlds

Walker Shurlds — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:29:00 +0000

“I wonder if Facebook will sue them for tortious interference.”

I like how we’re hoping Facebook would do something good.

By: da_phonz

da_phonz — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:24:00 +0000

I’m really just about to quit the internet. Who needs this kinda crap to worry about.