[SGVLUG] fyi - SOPA's latest threat: IP blocking, privacy-busting packet inspection

[matti]

fyi -

Anyone here working with ISPs which maybe affected? Curious on your take of this.. thanks matti


Note, The House Version, called protect IP appears not to be as extensive as the Senate's SOPA bill:


SOPA's latest threat: IP blocking, privacy-busting packet inspection

A little-noticed portion of a controversial House of Representatives copyright bill could require Internet providers to monitor customers' traffic and block the addresses of Web sites suspected of copyright infringement, a significant expansion of requirements in an earlier version of the bill.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57328045-281/sopas-latest-threat-ip-blocking-privacy-busting-packet-inspection/



ref: Sonic.net CEO regarding SOPA
http://corp.sonic.net/ceo/2011/11/16/censored/