September 26, 2008
Hollywood Wants Internet Providers to Block Copyrighted Files
This year there has been a lot of discussion in Washington about whether Internet service providers should monitor customers’ surfing to target advertising. Bits - NYTimes reports.
"Now, there are signs that one topic next year will be whether I.S.P.’s should analyze traffic to block trading of copyrighted files. At least, Hollywood appears to be preparing for that debate. And it is trying to get allies among technology companies and artist groups.
On Tuesday, a new lobbying group was announced called arts+labs. It is backed by NBC Universal, Viacom, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, AT&T and the Songwriters Guild of America.
According to the group’s site, it wants to help “creators” (read media companies) get “fairly compensated for the use of their work.”
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