On the ineffectiveness of using ISPs to police copyright
Found on Boing Boing on Tuesday, 17 February 2009
It would be trivial for the authors of filesharing software to enable the encryption of traffic flowing between peer-to-peer clients.
The US government spent 25 years trying to prevent the widespread availability of encryption software, and failed spectacularly.
"Well-known" sites that contain infringing content and hence might be blocked by ISPS are easily duplicated at less well-known sites - at a speed that would likely outpace the ability of right holders to keep up.
The widespread availability of multi-gigabyte hard disks and USB data sticks is making it everâÂÂeasier for users to exchange entire music collections face-to-face.
The failing industry won't listen; they never did. All they do is wasting money on dubious lawsuits and bribing politicians for even more restrictive laws. Nobody cares about their whining anymore (unless they get paid to do care).