CNET News has a somewhat scary report on how recording industry and motion picture lobbyists pushing broadband providers to spy on their customers in order to unveil copyright infringements. That’s bad enough, but they’re also pointing to how “the concept is working abroad” as an example of why it should be adopted here.
“Despite our best efforts, we can’t do this alone,” said Shira Perlmutter, a vice president for global legal policy at the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, in the report. “We need the help of ISPs. They have the technical ability to manage the flow over their pipes… The good news is that we’re beginning to see some of these solutions emerge, in particular in Europe and Asia.”
