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FCC's Net Neutrality Plan Blocks BitTorrent

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-of-course-it-does dept.

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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  1. Re:Don't worry about it. by cdrguru · · Score: 0, Troll

    Using something like BitTorrent for commercial purposes is theft, pure and simple. It is stealing customer's bandwidth so the company doesn't have to provide it. It is a nice idea. It also provides something to point at to say that all use of the BitTorrent protocol isn't for piracy.

    But it is still stealing, no matter how you want to look at it. I'm sure it is really nice for WoW users and the like because the company only has to have a piddling T1 for the update service.

  2. Re:We told you. by bonch · · Score: 0, Troll

    I get modded down as a troll everytime I post it, but it has to be said...liberals are maniacally pro-government because they hate the lack of control in a free market society. They want a gigantic, centralized entity with the power to regulate everyone's lives. That starts with giving the government control of the internet, one of the dumbest ideas ever.

    Say bye to the once-free internet and hello to lobby groups like the MPAA getting traffic blocked, political free speech getting censored by corrupt politicians, and more. I can't believe "net neutrality" (as neutral as the Patriot Act was patriotic) was ever even considered around here in the first place.