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Will ISP Web Content Filtering Continue To Grow?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the altered-beast dept.

unixluv writes to tell us that another ISP is testing web content filtering and content substitution software. One example sees a system message that is pre-pended to an existing web page. While it seems innocent enough, is this the wave of the future? Will your ISP censor or alter your web experience at will? There have been many instances of content filtering lately and it seems to be a popular idea on the other side of the fence.

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  1. What do you think? by mdm-adph · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Get ready for the encrypted web.

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  2. This is almost certainly a copyright violation by sed+quid+in+infernos · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Adding the header is making a derivative work of the original web page. So is substituting one add for another. I can't think of any reasonable fair use argument that would prevent this from being a copyright violation. The web sites visited by the ISP's subscribers likely have a cause of action against the ISP. And the ad substitution victims likely could prove significant damages.

    I haven't fully thought through the contractual implications of this yet (as between the ISP and the ISP's subscribers), but there's almost certainly something there, too.