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Music Industry Drafts Code of Conduct for ISPs

Posted by Zonk on from the because-of-their-moral-high-ground dept.

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.'"

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  1. Acronyms by suso · · Score: 0, Redundant

    IFPI MPA ISPA ETNO and WITO

    Ahhhhhhh! When reading an article like this, it can sometimes be hard to remember who is who and whose side you're on. By the time you get half way through it, you've forgotten what the acryonyms stand for. By the time you're done, you're just mad, but what who?

  2. Not a problem by hairykrishna · · Score: 0, Redundant
    If my ISP were to sign up to this I would switch to a different one. It's that simple.

    I'm sure that the ISP's know that a lot of pople will do this so there's no way they'll stand for this.

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  3. I..um..wow by grasshoppa · · Score: 1, Redundant

    That's ballsy. Seriously, who do these people think they are?

    Were I an ISP, on principle alone, I'd tell them where to shove their "code".

    Hyopcrits.

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  4. Re:Sounds like a good deal by tomhudson · · Score: 0, Redundant
    high speed internet is ONLY fueled by three things: video, music, and games
    Other reasons (at least for slashdotters) ...
    1. Frost piss posts
    2. pr0n
    3. linux/bsd isos
    4. troll links to the goat, last measure, etc
  5. Re:Sounds like a good deal by bcarl314 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Deep down, ISPs know that widespread consumer adoption of high speed internet is ONLY fueled by three things: video, music, and games."

    And Pron!

  6. Ummm.... you forgot one by phorm · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Though I suppose it might fall under video at times. You forgot porn, which has for a long time been a dominant aspect of internet growth.

  7. That's all well and good, but by XxtraLarGe · · Score: 1, Redundant

    who's going to draft a code-of-conduct for the Music industry?

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