11-24-2005, 02:54 AM
MEAT,Nov 23 2005, 06:41 PM Wrote:This is true, however I was looking at the situation more towards a Big Brother type scenario with all of our downloads off the net being monitored. I see this situation as the stepping stone towards breaking P2P and the only way I can foresee P2P being controlled is if an entity monitors everyoneâs internet downloads. I know I'm assuming a lot here but I see our freedom dwindling everywhere I look and I fear this is only the beginning. I donât know, perhaps I am being a wee bit paranoid over nothing, but this feels like something more to me and I just can't put my finger on it.
EDIT - After thought: If someone who strongly advocated freedom of rights was swayed to change his ways, then it seems obvious to me that these entities will stop at nothing to gain control. When will they have the amount of "control" they deem necessary to feel comfortable and sleep safely at night? Is there an end to what can be deemed your, ours, and mine within the confines of freedom? I guess perhaps that is what is bothering me.
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Freedom of rights mean nothing if you don't fight for them. The copyright folks are fighting hard for their rights. The P2P "rights" seem to have few advocates with the same backbone. I read the link and think, from a law of commerce perspective, the Bittorrent fella stole a march on the lawsuit happy folks.
This is not a one sided issue, as the copyright holders have a vested interest in not being stolen from. A thorny problem, and I share some of your feeling that this is yetanother place for Big Brother to get his fingers into places they don't truly belong.
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete