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kad032000 · 04-07-2009, 12:42 PM

There are of course, other problems with the law as well. Notably:

1) The controversial way in which it was passed.
2) It conflicts with a European law.
3) It allows for the blocking of p2p sites.

For elaboration on (3), there are plenty of legitimate uses of p2p. In the TPB trial, the defense (TPB) stated that based on random sampling, 80% of torrents were legal. Now, this could be biased or incorrect information, but AFAIK, there is no evidence contrary to this. In addition, could this law be used to block sites that are in an even more grey area legally, such as isohunt, which if I am correct, acts simply like a search engine and doesn't even have it's own tracker? Isohunt also complies with DMCA takedown requests.

04-07-2009, 12:42 PM	#168
kad032000 Connoisseur Posts: 82 Karma: 184 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	There are of course, other problems with the law as well. Notably: 1) The controversial way in which it was passed. 2) It conflicts with a European law. 3) It allows for the blocking of p2p sites. For elaboration on (3), there are plenty of legitimate uses of p2p. In the TPB trial, the defense (TPB) stated that based on random sampling, 80% of torrents were legal. Now, this could be biased or incorrect information, but AFAIK, there is no evidence contrary to this. In addition, could this law be used to block sites that are in an even more grey area legally, such as isohunt, which if I am correct, acts simply like a search engine and doesn't even have it's own tracker? Isohunt also complies with DMCA takedown requests.