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Re: State Super-DMCA Too True


From: "Kevin Loch" <kloch () gurunet net>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 02:32:32 -0500




----- Original Message -----
From: Jack Bates <jbates () brightok net>
Date: Sunday, March 30, 2003 0:22 am
Subject: Re: State Super-DMCA Too True

(Some DSL/cable companies try to charge per machine, and record 
the 
machine address of the devices connected.) 

And to use NAT to circumvent this should be illegal. It is theft of 
service. The ISP has the right to setup a business model and sell 
as it 
wishes. Technology has allowed ways to bypass or steal extra 
service. 
This law now protects the ISP. There will be some ISPs that 
continue to 
allow and support NAT.

If you can tell the difference between NAT and non-NAT
traffic you don't need this law.  If you can't,
the law is completely unenforcable.  The same
goes for VPN's.  So what's the point other than 
to discourage good business models?

KL


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