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pornography as a consequence of p2p?
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 17:22:40 -0400
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 10:51:57 -0400 From: Steve Bellovin <smb () research att com> Subject: pornography as a consequence of p2p? Today's NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/technology/07PORN.html) has an article on the latest scheme by the content industry to combat peer-to-peer file-sharing: they're asserting that it promotes the spread of pornography. The article does note the hypocrisy involved in such a claim; it does not note that the fundamental end-to-end nature of the Internet makes blocking such things very, very difficult. The content industry recognizes this to some extent -- there's a new bill before Congress that would require file-sharing programs to get parental consent before being used by children. As the article notes, there are "technological and legal challenges" to such a scheme. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
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