Category Archives: ISPs
Update to Virgin Media and Copyright DPI
DPI is unlikely to go away; the aim now has to be to identify and proclaim ‘good’ uses of the technology and work to prevent the ‘bad’ uses from becoming prominent telecommunication practices. Continue reading
Virgin Media to Monitor Copyright Infringement
Until more data is released, privacy advocates and network neutrality advocates alike should take a step back, take a deep breath, and wait for a little more information before letting loose the dogs of wa Continue reading
Tracing the Network, Tracing the NSA
Researchers at the University of Toronto have a decent idea of what ‘carrier hotels’, or major Internet exchange/collocation points, have likely been compromised by NSA surveillance instruments. Continue reading
Copyright and the Blank Media Levy
Levies are workable, partial, solutions to the ‘P2P problem’. They can facilitate artists getting paid for their contributions to culture. They do benefit the consumer because it is clear. They do not try to equate one download to one sale, and instead recognize the partial value of downloaded media. The proposed hardware-centric levy does not require ISPs to spy on content as it moves across their networks. Further, as I’ve proposed the aggregation of data points, this levy system does preserve anonymity and privacy. Continue reading
