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ARIA Threatens To Sue Internet Service Providers

Posted by timothy on from the presumption-junction dept.

tymbow writes "It seems that ARIA (The Australian Record Industry Association, like the RIAA) is threatening to sue ISPs who allow the illegal download of copyrighted music. Could this lead to a situation where Australian ISPs are forced to actively censor websites and P2P protocols? What happens to legitimate P2P content like Linux distributions? It will be interesting to see where this goes."

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  1. Punish the act, not the catalyst by TheSpoom · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm currently programming forum software. If this succeeds somehow, it's basically saying that as a provider of a service, even indirectly, I am responsible for all use of that service.

    Users should be responsible for THEIR OWN use of the service. If you're going to punish something (and sorry about agreeing with the RIAA here, if only in theory), punish the act of breaking the law, not the catalyst that allows it.

    My code doesn't tell between good and evil, sorry.

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    It's better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.
    - E. Debs
  2. In other news... by mutewinter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In other news the NAAFP (National Association for the Advancement of Fat People) is suing cows for "aiding and abetting" the exploitation of obese Americans.

    In an unrelated case, a New York City woman is suing a concrete manufacturer for providing a pavement in which a Manhattan man had grounded himself whil illegally blowing a puff of cigerette smoke in her face.