____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 29 March 2008 18:48 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ?Net neutrality? debate heats up in Canada
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Last week the Canadian public media service, CBC (the Canadian Broadcasting
>>| Corporation) became the first major North American broadcaster to
>>| distribute a DRM-free download of a primetime television show via
>>| BitTorrent. The download was not only DRM free, it didn?t contain any
>>| commercials or license based copy restrictions. In fact the CBC website
>>| proclaimed ?You are free to download, share and burn this video?. This is
>>| how I like my media served.
>> `----
>>
>> http://ostatic.com/158758-blog/net-neutrality-debate-heats-up-in-canada
>
> Excellent, someone is finally taking a moral stand! Let's see more of
> this.
>
>>
>> Beleaguered BitTorrent search engine shuts down
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| TorrentSpy has spent the past two years and hundreds of thousands of
>>| dollars "defending the rights of our users and ourselves" in a legal
>>| climate that was "hostile" to torrent files, according to the note, which
>>| is attributed to the TorrentSpy team.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1205693246&rid=-50
>>
>
> One has to wonder if it should really be legal for rich interests to
> harrass smaller ones into submission.
The problem here is the generalisation. And it's just the beginning. It's a
tipping point for abuse and control (precedence in a sense).
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