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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.'"
ISP ads will feature "No RIAA CoC Restrictions!"
ISPs are banding together to insist the record labels stop putting out shitty music. :)
"People" using "unnecessary" quotes should be "shot".
Thank you for your interest in the well-being of our customers. Or perhaps in the well-being of non-customers; specifically, you. Remind us again who pays us? Oh yes ... our subscribers. Thank you for your consideration. Now please go away.
Sincerely,
The ISP industry
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What a cowinkedink!!!
I am currently trying to get the music industry to sign a code of conduct too! In a nutshell, it says that the music industry will supply us with quality music (down with Britney!) at a resonable price ($5 a cd anyone?) and fair use rights (cd mixes for my *cough* girlfriend!). I'm having trouble getting them to sign. Please advise...
Blarf.
I think they should ask ISPs to stop people that use the Internet altogether. That way: No Internet piracy!
Wait a minute...
Write boring code, not shiny code!
Because Tony Soprano said so:
From the article: Tony Soprano couldn't have put it better. "Nice content-carrying pipes you've got here. What a shame if anything were to happen to them... now, we've got this little agreement for you to look at..."FTA:
"France's ISPs seemed to have rolled over already."
Why does this not surprise me?
(Ok ok, now I'll turn off the bigotry.)
No, actually not. Otherwise you wouldn't be posting anything. Speechless would be a thread like "Linus found dead on Microsoft campus", with zero comments attached for days on end.
If the music industry is serious about controlling how people use the internet then they should take over the ISP industry.
They should buy out all the major ISPs and offer the service for free in order to get millions to sign up for RIAA-ISP. Then they can make these absurd demands on their users.
The pomposity and ridiculousness of the Music Industry is becoming the most entertaining product that they offer. We're going to miss them when they're gone.
RIAA: "Your service has huge bandwidth and seems to be transmitting a lot of data. Since the only content in that quantity worth transmitting is our copyrighted music, you must be aiding and abetting copyright theft."
ISP: "What our customers send through our service is their business, not ours. And it can't be your stuff, because most of your music sucks. Pigs will not only have to fly before we sign up to this, they'll have to break the sound barrier."
RIAA: "Well, with enough baked beans, anything is possible. Load up the lawyers...er, pigs and let 'em fly!"
TLR
A man no more knows his destiny than a tea leaf knows the history of the East India Company
He wanted me to sign a contract that allowed me to do everything I wanted, as long as it would not lessen the value of his property, nor interfere with his attempts to squeeze more outof it.
... :-)
When I asked him why I would sign such a contract, as there was no benifit in it for me, he muttered something foul and went away
Well, for Slashdotters, there's at least one more reason:
(5) User's site was posted on Slashdot
Of course, the high speed connection isn't used for too long--just until the server melts down...
So you're a heavy broadband user, you pay for a service, naturally you want to get you're money's worth (maybe it's because I'm a Yorkshireman)
I cannot think of any other service industry that would even discuss doing this. Imagine the conversation with your energy supplier, a slightly more critical need but...
"You seem to be using lots of electricity sir, you aren't perhaps doing something illegal"
Well no, I'm not...
"Not making a bomb, planning a bank raid, growing drugs or the like??"
Certainly not!!
"Well we're cutting you off just to be safe, have a nice day"
Automatically provents you from playing infringing notes. Want to play Voodoo Chile (slight return)? please key in your credit card #.
"If Microsoft made toilet paper it would be called Butt Wiper." Brian Briggs "
If IBM made toilet paper, it would be called "BW/2" DoctorPepper
No matter where you go... there you are.
You didn't know that there are hidden encoded MP3s in the Linux kernel source? You just have to know the right binary pattern to xor it with, and you'll get any mp3 you want from Linux source!
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
"If Microsoft made toilet paper it would be called Butt Wiper." Brian Briggs
Shouldn't they call it "Anal Explorer"?
Anonymous Cowards suck.
But I got a better one. You give me my bandwidth and I'll give you the finger.
RIAA is trying to get a bill passed to prevent companies from selling and shipping modems faster than 300 bauds. Anything faster is an indication that the consumer is engaging in piracy. When told that the consumers suffered long waits when accessing websites, the RIAA spokeperson retorted that Lynx was a very good and capable browser.
RIAA is als*#$%(@)(@)^(_!_)~&!@^ NO CARRIER
You mean VH1.When.Metallica.Ruled.The.World.DSRip.XviD-aAF?
Oops?
A computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour, tasks which were completely unnecessary to do before.
So, in other words, France surrendered?
Some tried to point out the flaws in home-made ice.
....Oh, crap."
An ice company executive, 70-ish years ago:
"Those pitiful cubes are so puny you could fit a bunch of them in a glass!
Wow, there's video, music and games on the internet? When did this start?
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Laziness is the father.
Alcohol, tobacco and firearms should be a store, not a gov't agency.
There are four boxes used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order.
One does not take the name of the Kernel Lord in vain. Thou shalt be whipped for ever more. make all.
And an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, FIVE. FIVE things...
The RIAA has announced that it has just passed new legislation that governs the use of the Internet. By leveraging innovative technologies, content providers streamline compelling enterprise solutions.
The legislation states that ISPs must advertise their broadband services as providing unlimited Internet access, but that all access above 128 kilobytes of bandwidth used within a year should result in extra charges of $1.00 per byte. A separate clause in the new legislation states that by 2007, all ISPs must have technology in place to track certain bandwidth-eating downloads, such as Internet advertisements, popups, and downloaded spam, over which users have no control, so that the RIAA can charge an additional $5.00 for each byte of these downloads.
"We are excited to bring new freedoms to users around the world," stated RIAA house speaker Darl McBride. "Consumers will be glad to know that they are paying more and receiving less."
A third clause in the legislation outlaws the use of Linux, punishing its users with complete lack of Internet access, enforced by technologies that fingerprint the operating system and deny access if it is not the latest version of Microsoft Windows or SCO UNIX. Also, 14% of Internet fees that will accrue under this legislation will be paid to SCO to compensate for the theft of its valuable intellectual property.
Finally, a spokesperson for the RIAA stated that the RIAA will soon phase out Congress, as it provides parallel services to the people, and is therefore an unnecessary duplication of effort.
My code of conduct for hot chicks and supermodels is out this morning as well. Chief on the list? 1) Stop by 2) Strip to a bathing suit 3) Bring me cocktails. More details on this exciting, innovative new series of guidelines as they develop! (Okay, exciting for me...)
Tough day? How about a free Mac mini?
Not only did they blew it with that attitude, they also proceeded to record St Anger :S (what's the best smiley to express disgust?)
Not to mention stuff like this...
The AACS key is NOT 0xF606EEFD628B1CA427BEA93A9CA9773F