PoLiX Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 http://www.news.com/Comcast-vs.-BitTorrent...l?tag=nefd.lede "What we're going to see on Monday is a trial of the Internet," said Columbia Law School Professor Tim Wu who has written extensively in favor of Net neutrality regulations and is slated to speak on a panel Monday. "Comcast is in the docket, accused of crimes against the public interest, and we'll see how well they are able to defend themselves." Net neutrality, of course, is the idea that network operators like AT&T and Comcast should be prohibited from prioritizing Web content and applications, or charging content owners extra fees for premium delivery. Two years ago, Congress considered handing the FCC extensive power to regulate Internet practices, but it rejected the proposals. Whas has confused me about this hole thing as I've seen it develop, is why they're fighting to keep people from file-sharing, yet when someone tries to do something about it, they're on their !@#$%^&* about invading someone's internet rights... do these guys just need something to !@#$%^&* about and someone to prosecute so they can keep their comfy jobs or what?
Shock Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 Most government organizations need something to !@#$%^&* about, else the people of the United States will deem them unnecessary !@#$%^&*ets. On the topic of file sharing: The day the entertainment business realizes that all entertaining media is overpriced will be the day that pirating statistic drop drastically.
»doc flabby Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 (edited) The ISPs are just delaying the problem. Legal content will eventially outstripe pirated content, once media distributors get some sence. ISPs going to have a problem when everyone downloads movies legally from the net. The bbc iplayer (legal free tv) downloads is causing problems for isps in the uk who have oversold bandwidth. Each 45 minute program is a 500mb download. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/20/iplayer_isps_broke/ Its the ISP's own fault for taking a very short term view, by not charging sensible prices that reflected the true cost of connections and by not investing in the infrastructure... Edited February 23, 2008 by doc flabby
»1587200 Posted February 24, 2008 Report Posted February 24, 2008 The only problem I have with Comcast limiting bittorrent traffic is that bittorrent is used by plenty of people world wide for perfectly legal activity. Most linux distros are distributed this way since it's a !@#$%^&* of a lot cheaper to use user's bandwidth opposed to paying for it for their servers. It's like booze, just because a lot of people abuse it, doesn't mean that others enjoy it without abusing it. Comcast's traffic limiting on bittorrent is crap. If they don't want their users to use their bandwidth to trade "illegal" files via bittorrent, then maybe they should push to get bittorrent made illegal (which of course will never happen).
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