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Sure, straight from their FAQ[1]: "Can this system see what sites I visit online? No. There is no monitoring of any Internet traffic by ISPs. The identificati
by tomku 14y ago
Sure, straight from their FAQ[1]:
"Can this system see what sites I visit online?
No. There is no monitoring of any Internet traffic by ISPs. The identification of alleged infringement is done by Content Owners on peer-to-peer networks only. The Copyright Alert System applies only to peer-to-peer networks and not to general Internet use."
There's a lot of misinformation going around, spread by people who probably have good intentions but don't understand that by arguing against a straw man, they're actually making it easier for their opponents to discredit them. There are plenty of valid reasons to dislike this plan, we don't need to be making up fake ones.
[1]: http://www.copyrightinformation.org/resources-faq/copyright-alert-system-faqs/ http://www.copyrightinformation.org/resources-faq/copyright-...
Edit: Fixed quoting.
- wmf 14y agopeople who probably have good intentions but don't understand that by arguing against a straw man, they're actually making it easier for their opponents to discredit them That's what I think whenever an Internet lynch mob forms (TCPA, SOPA, etc.) but somehow it never matters. There's hardly any backlash against the hyperbolic scaremongering.
- pyre 14y agoJust because the weakness hasn't been exploited doesn't mean it isn't there.
- a_so_so_swordsy 14y agosometimes i feel like thats the beauty and fatal flaw of our system. people are gonna basically do what they're gonna do. if it benefits enough of us (with relative/proportional amount of power) it'll happen but if it pisses enough of that demographic off it will get stopped eventually.