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FCC Commissioner Lauds DRM, ISP Filtering

Posted by kdawson on from the by-some-definition-of-"effective" dept.

snydeq writes "Ars Technica's Nate Anderson and InfoWorld's Paul Venezia provide worthwhile commentary on a recent speech by FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate (PDF), in which she praised DRM as 'very effective' and raised a flag in favor of ISP filtering. Anderson: 'Having commissioners who feel that the government has a duty to partner with and back educational classroom content from the RIAA; who really believe that ISP filtering is so unproblematic we can stop considering objections; and who think that universities worry about file-swapping because tuition might be raised to pay for the needed "expansion of storage capabilities" (huh?) isn't good for the FCC and isn't good for America.' Venezia: 'Leave the ISPs out of it — it's not their job to protect a failing business model, and a movement toward a tiered and filtered Internet will do nothing to stem the tide of piracy, but will result in great restrictions on innovation, freedoms, and the general use of the Internet. There's nothing to be gained down that path other than possibly to expand the wallets of a few companies.'"

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  1. Her email address by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 5, Informative

    dtaylortateweb@fcc.gov

    1. Re:Her email address by Killer+Orca · · Score: 5, Informative

      Anyone who is going to email her should also do so before she leaves in '09, not after.

  2. Has he seen how successful it's been in Australia? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here in .au the government is scaling back it's plans for filtering due to being laughed at by anyone who knows anything about the internet.

    In a recent call for ISPs to participate in live tests of their system the biggest ISP here said no, it's stupid. The second biggest said OK, but we won't block all that you want us to, and the third biggest said we'll participate fully just to show you how dumb you're being.

    It seems that the point was finally driven home and now the government is trying to back down without losing face.

  3. Re:I need to get out of here. by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 4, Informative

    These people. (Map)

    On the bright side, Peter I Island and Marie Byrd Land seem untaken (although there is probably a reason for that).

  4. Re:It's almost as if by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 4, Informative

    We're entering some sort of technological dark ages - the honeymoon period is now over.

    The mainstream regulation committees have taken interest in these type of subjects and as usual, the ignorance/commercial interests is/are beginning to shine through.

    Nah, not really. Those self same interests have been shining bright for over a decade.

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