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14. I sincerely doubt this will be allowed to go forward.

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 12:24 PM

Mar 2012

Too many privacy concerns.

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RIAA and ISPs to police your traffic starting July 12 [View all] n2doc Mar 2012 OP

Does downloading stuff from Youtube count? limpyhobbler Mar 2012 #1

Almost certainly not. Youtube has a policy MineralMan Mar 2012 #7

Huh, I thought they already did that. eShirl Mar 2012 #2

No worries here. I don't download pirated MineralMan Mar 2012 #4

I disagree. randome Mar 2012 #5

Depends on what the file contains. MineralMan Mar 2012 #6

how do you know it is copyrighted before you download it? d_r Mar 2012 #8

And, on the sites where those videos, games, and music MineralMan Mar 2012 #9

With P2P systems, free and copyrighted works are lumped together. randome Mar 2012 #12

When someone loans you a CD, they no longer have MineralMan Mar 2012 #16

I don't think the owner gets to determine as much as you think. randome Mar 2012 #18

Here is an example d_r Mar 2012 #20

On a case-by-case basis. MineralMan Mar 2012 #23

"it won't yet lead to a total cut off" BadgerKid Mar 2012 #13

I sincerely doubt this will be allowed to go forward. randome Mar 2012 #14

You mean inspecting content? BadgerKid Mar 2012 #15

Yeah, you're probably right. randome Mar 2012 #19

Would VPN's make this whole thing useless? Zalatix Mar 2012 #22