Comcast Proposes Self Regulation and P2P Bill of Rights

Torodung writes "In a recent move, Comcast has proposed a 'P2P Bill of Rights,' joining the ranks of every great monopoly when threatened by government regulation for alleged misbehavior. They have instead proposed comprehensive industry self-regulation and cooperation with major P2P software vendors as a lesser evil: 'Comcast is looking to further position itself as proactively — and responsibly — addressing the issue of managing peer-to-peer traffic that traverses its network, announcing Tuesday it will lead an industry-wide effort to create a "P2P Bill of Rights and Responsibilities" for users and Internet service providers.'"

Comments

Re:P2P bill of rights?

[cliffski]

what a pile of shit. the majority of ISPS do not in ANY WAY co-operate with any record company unless forced to by a court order. get your facts straight before trotting out this groupthink bullshit of "all isps are teh mafiaaa!!!!1111"
Personally I wish more ISPS DID pay some attention to constant copyright infringement by their customers. Pretending not to notice is one thing, but not co-operating when clear examples of such abuse are pointed out is another thing entirely.

Government Monopoly == Bad solution

[electrictroy]

>>>"lines should be owned by the state or local municipalities"

Yeah because local, state and/or national governments have done such a wonderful job with their ownership of the Retirement plan (SS almost bankrupt), the roads (rising tolls and decreasing maintenance), the right-of-ways for cable tv lines (bribes to politicians to gain permanent monoopoly), and the government-owned schools (duh; where's the U.S. located on a world map? Who knows? Certainly not a gov't graduation.).

Pass.

Anything the government touches is doomed to provide poor service and/or esclating prices. The best way to solve a problem is to keep government as far away as possible, and instead introduce competition between multiple companies (i.e. have Comcast, Time-Warner, and Cox all competing to supply television/internet to your home). A free market solution is preferable to a poorly-run, poorly-managed government monopoly.

Re:Government Monopoly == Bad solution

[strabes]

What a surprise that your government-owned electricity company has lower prices than the private alternative. Subsidies have that effect.