The College Opportunity and Affordability Act has been under fire for requiring schools to make network filtering plans. The House passed it with those provisions in place, despite widespread criticism of the plan and recent revelations that the MPAA had overstated the impact of file-sharing on college campuses.
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Saturday, February 9, 2008
Controversial college funding bill passed, P2P provision too
The Pirate Bay and Filesharers Backed by Swedish Politicians
Two weeks ago we reported on Greens EFA launching the pro-filesharing campaign “I Wouldn’t Steal“. With new editorials in Swedish newspapers coinciding with The Pirate Bay’s charges, it seems the Green Party is looking to push the issue forward, thereby supporting The Pirate Bay.
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US Intelligence: Second Life is a Potential Terrorist Haven!
US intelligence officials are warning that web sites that enable users to adopt personas in three-dimensional online spaces also are creating security vulnerabilities by opening novel ways for terrorists and criminals to move money, organize, and conduct espionage...and to think, all this time we've looking in Afghanistan & Iraq for terrorists
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RIAA boss Move copyright filtering from ISPs to users’ PCs
Internet filtering suffers from a fatal flaw: it can't filter what it can't understand. If P2P protocols adopt encryption, filtering will lose much of its effectiveness, and the RIAA boss knows it. His solution? Move the filter onto your PC.
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