Senator wants to ban P2P networks

[Timothy J. Finucane]

But is it possible for an ISP to block traffic to and from these
programs on its network? If so, you will probably see many ISPs do so as
not to be liable themselves.

Tim

-- 
“Those who would trade liberty in exchange for some degree of security
end up with neither liberty, nor security.”    —Benjamin Franklin



On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 04:59, Robert F. Stockdale IV wrote:
> That would be difficult to implement and enforce especially for hubless 
> P2P programs such as LimeWire.  Even Hub style like DCGUI-QT would be 
> difficult as hub could be programmed to move to frequently to find.
> 
> green_man wrote:
> 
> > Bit Torrent is Peer to Peer, isn't it ?
> >
> > *Senator wants to ban P2P networks*
> > The chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary said 
> > Thursday that a ban on file-trading networks is urgently required but 
> > agreed to work with tech companies concerned that devices like Apple 
> > Computer's iPod would be imperiled.
> >
> > the story is here:
> > http://netscape.com.com/2100-1104_2-5280384.html
> >
> >-- 
> >The sole purpose of my life is, apparently, to test my sanity. 
> >
> >Scott
> >Netscape 7.0 Mail
> >  
> >