[ NNSquad ] Re: Net Neutrality vs. Illegal Acts

[Bob Ellis <ellisb-m@ix.netcom.com>]

If ISPs start deciding what content is illegal sooner or later they will 
let some copyrighted data through, they will get sued for infringement 
by the content owner and that will be the end of that.  Or it could be 
any number of other things that might even result in criminal prosecution.

Common carriage will start to look very good to them.

Bob Ellis

<jbartas@speakeasy.net> writes:

> Yes, I do object to a third party, ANY third party,  deciding what's 
> "legal" on the net, because that party would immediately be co-opted by 
> the RIAA, MPAA, and a host of other greedy characters. Keep in mind the 
> only reason most of this content is "illegal" in the first place is 
> because  corrupt politicians voted in copyright laws written, word for 
> word, by RIAA and MPAA members. The founding fathers of this country 
> mandated a 14 year copyright, and that was when the fastest way to move 
> content was on horseback. Now copyrights last for 100 years, far longer 
> than needed to protect the creators. John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix and Elvis 
> are long dead, but we still can't pass around their music, as Americas 
> Founding Fathers intended us to. Letting the same people who corrupted 
> the system oversee the enforcement is a bad idea.