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Music Industry Drafts Code of Conduct for ISPs
An anonymous reader writes "The Register is running a story about how the music industry is trying to get ISPs to sign 'code of conduct' agreements to cut people off for excessive bandwidth usage, to turn over details of users on demand, and to block certain 'illegal' websites." From the article: "According to the draft, the duo want ISPs and network operators to 'enforce terms of service that prohibit a subscriber from operating a server, or from consuming excessive amounts of bandwidth where such consumption is a good indicator of infringing activities.'"
The RIAA-mafia wants ISPs to throttle our data access.
Think of the children!
How will little Bobby ever graduate if he can't access information on such vital subjects as: language, history, science, math, ...wait for it..., *gasp* pR0n!, warez, and MP3s!!
Seriously, asking the ISPs to throttle access for those of us who download more than 100 gigabytes per night of perfectly legal pornography need to think about whose needs come first. Bobby's or the perv on the corner with the pasty skin.
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