FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Blocks BitTorrent

master_p writes "The FCC's formally issued draft net neutrality regulations have a huge copyright loophole in them; a loophole that would theoretically permit Comcast to block BitTorrent just like it did in 2007 — simply by claiming that it was 'reasonable network management' intended to 'prevent the unlawful transfer of content.' The new proposed net neutrality regulations would allow the same practices that net neutrality was first invoked to prevent, even if these ISP practices end up inflicting collateral damage on perfectly lawful content and activities."

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bitTorrent was used to spread the CRU emails

[wganz]

BitTorrent was used to spread the Climate Research Unit's hacked emails to show how climate change is a hoax. In the future, we will not have the ability to distribute important news due to RIAA's concern about getting royalties from 70 year old Mickey Mouse cartoons.