Re: Belgian court rules that ISPs must block file-sharing

[Nathan Ward <nanog () daork net>]

On 6/07/2007, at 1:19 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Chris L. Morrow wrote:
> > On Thu, 5 Jul 2007, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,134159-c,internetlegalissues/ 
> > > article.html
> > >
> > > Note that this is based on their interpretation of EU law.
> >
> > and a hearty 'good luck' to them... :( I suppose someone could  
> > point the
> > Belgian's over to the Panamanians (who tried to block VoIP, thanks  
> > C&W
> > PTT for that 'fun'). Hurray, more clue- legislation...
>
> Does anyone have an english language translation of the eleven methods
> proposed by the "expert" to implement this order?
>
> I don't think it is going to be pratical, especially since the NSA  
> hasn't
> solved the problem of covert channels in decades.  But maybe this  
> "expert"
> has come up with something novel.  Or maybe not.
>
> But I'd like to see what was proposed before passing judgement on it.

The PCWorld article mentions some "Audible Magic" solution as one them.

Google finds:
http://www.audiblemagic.com/solutions/isps.asp
Including a product called "CopySense", which has the following  
features:

    *  Log and analyze the P2P load on your network
    * Limit P2P traffic to only use an allocated portion of bandwidth
    * Filter P2P traffic:
          o Block all P2P file transfers, or...
          o Block only transfers containing copyrighted content, and/ 
or...
          o Block transfers containing illegal child pornography,  
and/or...
          o Block transfers containing other pornographic or  
offensive content
    * Filter WWW traffic:
          o Block known malicious websites, and/or...
          o Block illegal sites containing child pornography, and/or...
          o Block other pornographic or offensive sites

I wonder if they did a proof of concept at all, or if they just read  
the glossies..

--
Nathan Ward