[IP] pornography as a consequence of p2p?

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 10:51:57 -0400
> From: Steve Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
> Subject: pornography as a consequence of p2p?
>
>
> Today's NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/technology/07PORN.html)
> has an article on the latest scheme by the content industry to combat
> peer-to-peer file-sharing:  they're asserting that it promotes the
> spread of pornography.  The article does note the hypocrisy involved
> in such a claim; it does not note that the fundamental end-to-end
> nature of the Internet makes blocking such things very, very difficult.
> The content industry recognizes this to some extent -- there's a new
> bill before Congress that would require file-sharing programs to get
> parental consent before being used by children.  As the article notes,
> there are "technological and legal challenges" to such a scheme.
>
>
>                 --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb

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