Is It A Good Idea To Have ISPs As Copyright Cops?
Vinh Nguyen
Posted on August 7th, 2011
Wendy Seltzer was convincing when she said that ISPs should only be the carriages and not otherwise, because the line between the carriages and content providers could get very blurry; not only the freedom of enjoying entertainment would be curbed, but other fields that are related to the Internet will also be curbed in a way that could be very negative for everyone. Even if she is wrong on that very idea, I can still see why it’s not a good idea of having carriages and content providers sleep on the same bed. Just imagine the power of their marriages, and people only have fewer choices to make when that happens. Competition will be impossible, because only major content providers will be able to…
Tagged: copyright, copyright cop, Internet, ISPs