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MPAA Developing Digital Fingerprinting Technology

Posted by Zonk on from the following-in-your-tracks dept.

Danathar writes "The MPAA is looking to use digital fingerprinting technologies that in conjunction with legislation will enable and force ISPs to look for network traffic that matches the signatures. " From the article: " Once completed, Philips' technology--along with related tools from other companies--could be a powerful weapon in Hollywood's increasingly aggressive attempts to choke off the flood of films being traded online."

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  1. To the MPAA, from all Internet users by Turn-X+Alphonse · · Score: 0, Troll

    Please go fuck yourself. We don't want YOU or the technology YOU invent in our little world. Go fuck with the latest prosti^H^H^H^H^H^H Pop singer movie tie-in

    --
    I like muppets.
  2. I Love Slashdot, Really I Do ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    This topic is absolutely chock-a-block with discussions about which burglars' tools work best to fuck over and steal from our neighbors. What next, discussions on how to cut through school zones and take kindergarten-age hostages to elude the police during a high-speed chase?

    The pestilence of file "sharing" (aka THEFT) can be solved by sentencing the thieving assholes who do it to some good old pound-'em-in-the-ass hard prison time. No slack, no pity, no second chances. If you get caught illegally copying or downloading movies or music, you get 3 hots and a cot and a new roommate named Bubba for the next 10 years, no exceptions. If one sort of "penal" threat won't stop these leeches from stealing from artists and the industries who help them entertain all of us, maybe another type will.

  3. 1st slashdot post ever... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...and possibly last.

    Fingerprinting seems like a smart way to defeat piracy. Things could be worse, ISPs could just start blocking ports used by p2p. Since this would also harm legitimate usage, at least this targeted approach mentioned in the article is not overtly draconian and unfairly killing _all_ suspicious p2p traffic.