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RIAA Wants Your Anti-Virus Software to Screen Your Downloads for Pirated Content


Content filter version one: A massive, network-wide dragnet. Not really feeling that Big Bro deal, even though RIAA chief Cary Sherman says it "doesn't give rise...to any privacy concerns because it can operate automatically and anonymously"? It's cool, there's a better approach: A locally installed filter on your computer. More »

1:25 PM on Thu Feb 7 2008
By matt buchanan
32,631 views, 114 comments

net neuterality

AT&T Considering Scary, Content-Recognizing Anti-Piracy Filter for Entire Network

Remember YouTube's content filtering system? AT&T is mulling setting one up across its whole network. BusinessWeek's reporting AT&T's in talks with NBC Universal and Disney to possibly use content-recognition tech developed by Vobile—a company they've all invested in—to block pirated material from being sent to and fro along its network. More »

8:00 PM on Thu Nov 8 2007
By Matt Buchanan
6,636 views, 29 comments

net neuterality

Congressman Hates on Comcast for BitTorrent Blockage, Won't Do Anything About It

At least one Congressman is telling Comcast to take a break from its experiment proving why we need net neutrality—Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va), a consumer advocate, told CNet's Chris Soghoian that "Comcast has made a major mistake in attempting to hinder peer-to-peer file sharing as an aspect of its network management" as "file sharing is already being used for a wide variety of perfectly lawful and appropriate applications." More point-blankly, he added Comcast "should not engage in a blanket disqualification of any category of lawful applications." But, he's not willing to put his law-writing pen where his mouth is, bucking at the proposition of legislation—instead he's advocating letting the market take care of it. Cause it's already doing so well solving our telco issues. [CNet] More »

6:30 PM on Thu Oct 25 2007
By Matt Buchanan
1,298 views, 5 comments

Latest by NetworkGuy: PrairieWave/Knology based in Sioux Falls, SD does the same thing. I would know, I set it up. more »