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F.C.C. Commissioner calls for DRM and ISP filtering

by on08 December 2008

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Freedom, they have heard of it


One of the five commissioners of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has called for DRM, ISP filtering and for the government to work with the RIAA to educate school kids about music piracy.

It would be a terrible new world if Deborah Taylor Tate was able to bring about her vision of the Internet. But, fortunately, she is about to lose her job on the F.C.C. as soon as that the Democrats take control of the Agency. But what is scary is that after sitting in the job for a few years Tate was a sock puppet for the RIAA and its ilk. The talk trotted out the 20-year old discredited industry propaganda that claimed that piracy cost the U.S. $250 billion.

She also praised DRM as wonderful technology, something the RIAA also agrees with, but given the fact it has never worked and often screws up computer systems we are surprised to hear the F.C.C. praise it. So, it is not surprising to hear her praise attempts by ISPs to filter networks for copyrighted content. She said that ISP filtering illustrates, "the positive side of network management." She said that people who didn't understand why ISPs need to do this keep complaining about the "restriction of lawful uses of the Internet." 

However, she said that the focus should be on how network management can help reduce illegal uses of the Internet. She admits that if the traffic is encrypted it could not be filtered, so she called for even more technology to track it if the P2P users were remotely intelligent.

Judging by her comments it is probably a lot better that Tate won't be around for much longer at the FCC. Maybe with these sorts of comments she wants a job with the RIAA?
Last modified on 09 December 2008
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