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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Again, I'm not saying that this is a desired direction... just a very possible one.
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Ummm....Steve,
If you don't think this is a desirable direction, why did you start the thread (and suggest the methodology)?
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
I was inspired by Taylor514ce to start this discussion, which I touched on in another thread. In light of the fact that DRM doesn't do the job in preventing e-book piracy, I wanted to suggest an alternative, independent of the other discussions, and I'd like to hear comments on the idea.
The idea is based on current efforts in law enforcement, with internet developers, to devise a way to cut down child porn and find child pornographers through web traffic monitoring and detection. Their methods have been based around the idea of devising a way for child porn images to be identified by web technology as it moves through the web, even drilling into encrypted files to identify the elements common to child porn images. The theory is that any bit of data so identified can be tracked to a sender and a recipient, using new or existing technology at the ISP level, allowing the authorities to locate the computer used and apprehend the owner.
Substitute child porn images with copywritten texts, and you have the idea.
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The question is whether or not this system would be workable and fair enough to justify sacrificing an amount of privacy to allow it? How much of an amount? Is any sacrifice of privacy worth catching copyright violators?
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For the purposes of ease of discussion, I will refer to this idea as Traffic Management, or TM.
I invite comments. I'm interested to hear what others think of the workability of this idea.
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