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I don't mind this and think the selling of this as 'The End of Net Neutrality' is OTT hyperbole. I don't believe anyone's arguing that what NewzBin2 are doing
by eftpotrm 15y ago
I don't mind this and think the selling of this as 'The End of Net Neutrality' is OTT hyperbole.
I don't believe anyone's arguing that what NewzBin2 are doing is legal. Nor do I believe there's any doubt that it's technically possible for BT to do what they're being asked to do here by the courts. It's not like they're being asked to do a real-time per-page filter of Flickr for inappropriate content, for example. There's one site, with overwhelmingly illegal content, and they're being asked to block it.
If BT were restricting access to iPlayer or YouTube in favour of BT Vision then I agree, that would be a Net Neutrality issue. If they were being asked to do realtime filtering of user-generated content then I agree, that would be a moronic request issue. Neither of them are true though, this is a static block of overwhelmingly illegal content and I don't for one minute see why this is a problem.
- MrVitaliy 15y agoIt's hard to imagine a different ruling in this case. Courts respect copyright laws and in this case there is a clear infringement. What I don't get is the involvement of BT, they are just an internet provider. Why wouldn't MPA directly sue NewzBin2 and shut them down?