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lestatar · 07-08-2011, 07:57 PM

If this does move forward, I for one prays that this gets:
- HUGELY messy;
- MASSIVE media attention;
- watched MICROSCOPICALLY by the ACLU and every other watchdog group [especially tech] out there;
- concerned CITIZENS/NETIZENS up in arms and they make an enormous stink about this.

Fair is fair. As much as we may not like it when real criminals get off scott free because of botched warrants and illegal wiretaps, in America at least, the presumption of innocence still exists. Theoretically I mean.

This smells a lot like profiling to me at this stage as well...think auto insurance in the states and how your premiums rise with every accident. You end up being classified as an "assigned risk" and this heavily impacts your ability to get competitive rates for a very long time. The difference is that there is tangible evidence of auto accidents. The monitoring system had best be 1gazillion percent bulletproof and indisputably accurate and for those of us in tech, we know that there really is no such unicorn.

Piracy is wrong. No doubt at all. But don't you frickin' mess with my privacy and snoop on me and negatively impact my ability to engage the net when I am doing 100% legal things online.

For sure there will be heavy reprisals against the corporate entities when some totally innocent grandmother in Idaho becomes erroneously accused of pirating TBs of copywrited content and ends up having her net access cut, which denies her the ability to interact online with her grandkids in Europe.

This is what I am looking forward to because it WILL happen.

07-08-2011, 07:57 PM	#36
lestatar LB's lolz Mutt Minion Posts: 2,902 Karma: 5700001 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Hong Kong now but NYC forever Device: Kindle3, GalaxyTab, BB Bold9700, BB 8300, Sony Clie, Palm Vx, Palm III	If this does move forward, I for one prays that this gets: - HUGELY messy; - MASSIVE media attention; - watched MICROSCOPICALLY by the ACLU and every other watchdog group [especially tech] out there; - concerned CITIZENS/NETIZENS up in arms and they make an enormous stink about this. Fair is fair. As much as we may not like it when real criminals get off scott free because of botched warrants and illegal wiretaps, in America at least, the presumption of innocence still exists. Theoretically I mean. This smells a lot like profiling to me at this stage as well...think auto insurance in the states and how your premiums rise with every accident. You end up being classified as an "assigned risk" and this heavily impacts your ability to get competitive rates for a very long time. The difference is that there is tangible evidence of auto accidents. The monitoring system had best be 1gazillion percent bulletproof and indisputably accurate and for those of us in tech, we know that there really is no such unicorn. Piracy is wrong. No doubt at all. But don't you frickin' mess with my privacy and snoop on me and negatively impact my ability to engage the net when I am doing 100% legal things online. For sure there will be heavy reprisals against the corporate entities when some totally innocent grandmother in Idaho becomes erroneously accused of pirating TBs of copywrited content and ends up having her net access cut, which denies her the ability to interact online with her grandkids in Europe. This is what I am looking forward to because it WILL happen. Last edited by lestatar; 07-08-2011 at 08:07 PM.