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I don't get the comments here saying this is an April Fool's joke. What are you folks basing that on? Daniel Castro (who's giving the interview to Ars Tech) is
by shrikant 16y ago
I don't get the comments here saying this is an April Fool's joke. What are you folks basing that on?
Daniel Castro (who's giving the interview to Ars Tech) is:
[..] a senior analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). He is also a co-author of a 2009 paper on Internet piracy, which was influential on the development and adoption of the U.S. government's Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) legislation.
Just because the article was posted on April 1st, is it automatically an April Fool's joke? Or are these comments an elaborate ploy to laugh off and discredit the article and the contents of the interview?
- bigwally 16y agoI got fooled for most of the article, his comments on deep packet inspection give it away. "But there are other options as well. Content holders could advertise to these people. If you are downloading a certain band's music, that band could contact you to say, “Hey, we're going to be in your town next month, what if you buy these tickets?”"
- Estragon 16y agoThe comments start at around 6am April Fool's. I assume it was posted that day... Generally, ridiculous things posted on April Fool's start with "Not an April Fool's joke" if they're not...