Copyright group proposes "traffic lights" search results
Found on Ars Technica on Tuesday, 26 July 2011
"The traffic light-a green tick or red cross-would appear next to a link to the site in question. The traffic light can be applied wherever the site is, not just those in the UK, increasing the ability of consumers to protect themselves from sites hosted abroad and increasing their confidence in legitimate sites."
"If a site has ignored a number of takedown requests, then we believe that it is fair to categorise the site as a risk and show a warning signal to consumers that are approaching it," the document adds.
So basically, the entertainment wants to do the job of verifying that the sites in question actually do have the content they offer and not just try to slip the visitor some drive-by malware. If you think about it, that proposal isn't so bad. With those traffic lights, it will be way easier to find what you are looking for. Yeah, I can totally see how this cunning plan will work.