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Just because people are downloading a ton of illegal content right now doesn't mean 5 years from now the average person won't be downloading it legally. This is
by oneplusone 16y ago
Just because people are downloading a ton of illegal content right now doesn't mean 5 years from now the average person won't be downloading it legally. This is how progress is made.
- tptacek 16y agoIt's funny, that's exactly what people said about binaries on Usenet.
- oneplusone 16y agoAnd websites like http://www.graboid.com http://www.graboid.com repackaged usenet to make is accessible to the general population. Movie studios don't seem to mind since they have a DMCA process and most content never gets one.
- tptacek 16y agoAnd Usenet died. But sure. Graboid. Whatever that is. Yay!
- adbge 16y agoAre you suggesting that average bandwidth usage isn't going to increase?
- tptacek 16y agoCaps will move, rates will move, usage will move, prices will move. I'm not sure what your point is. I'm saying (or, strongly implying) that virtually the only people who will be hit with this cap today are the ones using BitTorrent.