October 30, 2007
Policing copyright will never work
It's all the rage these days: crackpot proposals to automatically police the internet for copyright violations, stopping them even before they occur. Each different filtering option involves identifying false positives and are an incredible invasion of privacy to boot. And can't work, according to Cory Doctorow in an article for The Guardian.
"Remaking the internet to invade privacy and silence our conversations is a crummy idea, but even worse is the fact that it won't actually stop or even slow infringement. But for so long as there are technology companies with magic beans to sell - and desperate, ageing entertainment execs willing to buy them - we'll have to keep fighting.
"From YouTube's promise to find and stamp out copyright infringing uploads to the counterproposal from the motion picture studios and Microsoft to find and stamp out infringing uploads, everyone is getting in on the act.
The problem is, it's all lies, wishful thinking and irresponsible promises. "
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