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== University Filtering (group exercise) == | == University Filtering (group exercise) == | ||
*General Counsel's perspective: | * IT/General Counsel's perspective: | ||
** What is the minimum legal duty to satisfy the record companies? | ** What is the minimum legal duty to satisfy the record companies? | ||
** What technical interventions are possible? | ** What technical interventions are possible? | ||
*** Install speed bumps: | *** (1) Install speed bumps: | ||
**** Block 'bad bits'. Reduce traffic in targeted areas. | **** Block 'bad bits'. Reduce traffic in targeted areas. | ||
**** Block all bits. Result: it takes longer to download/upload the Daily Show. | **** Block all bits. Result: it takes longer to download/upload the Daily Show. | ||
**** Target 'unusual' activity. | **** Target 'unusual' activity. | ||
*** (2) Block certain [http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers ports] altogether. | |||
* University Professor's perspective: | |||
** 'Thank you for your letter. We've thought about it.' | |||
** Worry that imposing these restrictions creates a slippery slope to other kinds of blocks: indecent, seditious, etc. Hard to draw this line between acceptable and anti-free speech blocking. | |||
Revision as of 17:35, 8 January 2008
- Pirate Bay Tries to buy Sealand
- Although Sweden is Homey, Sealand also appealed to the Pirate Bay.
- Jack Valenti's 1982 Congressional Testimony regarding Sony
University Filtering (group exercise)
- IT/General Counsel's perspective:
- What is the minimum legal duty to satisfy the record companies?
- What technical interventions are possible?
- (1) Install speed bumps:
- Block 'bad bits'. Reduce traffic in targeted areas.
- Block all bits. Result: it takes longer to download/upload the Daily Show.
- Target 'unusual' activity.
- (2) Block certain ports altogether.
- (1) Install speed bumps:
- University Professor's perspective:
- 'Thank you for your letter. We've thought about it.'
- Worry that imposing these restrictions creates a slippery slope to other kinds of blocks: indecent, seditious, etc. Hard to draw this line between acceptable and anti-free speech blocking.