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EU has doubts as ISP rolls out DPI for copyright enforcement

Submitted by MacRonin on January 26, 2010 - 11:39pm
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EU has doubts as ISP rolls out DPI for copyright enforcement: Via Law & Disorder Section - Ars Technica.

Back in November, UK ISP Virgin Media announced that it would start using deep packet inspection gear to start riffling through user traffic. The goal was to search some of the leading P2P networks in order to measure copyrighted material passing through them. Today, the European Commission indicated that the plan is problematic, and it will keep a close eye on the trial.

In the middle of last year, Virgin announced a stunning music plan: unlimited streaming and downloads of non-DRMed music files from Universal (with deals hopefully to come from other labels). The music would be part of your ISP subscription fee, and downloads would be yours to keep forever.

Read Original Article:(Via Law & Disorder Section - Ars Technica.)

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