T hanks to the recent PRO-IP Act, the US has for the first time has an "Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator" responsible for pulling together all the resources of the federal government. What should the IPEC be doing with her time and resources? The "core content industries" have an answer: she should turn the online world from a "thieves' bazaar to a safe and well-lit marketplace" by encouraging network admins to deploy bandwidth shaping, site blocking, traffic filters, watermark detectors, and deep packet inspection. According to the RIAA, MPAA, Directors Guild, Screen Actors Guild, and others, new IPEC Victoria Espinel should embark on nothing less than a quest to "push back the tide of copyright theft." But as anyone who has tried to hold back the tide can tell you, it's a tough job. Just ask Venice. The groups talk a good game about "voluntary" network initiatives and "encouragement" of network admins an...
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