[Infowarrior] - RIAA wants content filters and proposes spyware too

[Richard Forno]

http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/1388

RIAA wants content filters and proposes spyware too

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In this abridged six minutes of video, Sherman addresses four questions
about filtering:

    *      What¹s the RIAA¹s stance on content filtering?
    *      What about encryption?
    *      What about fair use?
    *      Should Congress mandate filters for ISPs?


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Perhaps the most interesting part comes as a response to Question 2, where
Sherman essentially proposes placing spyware on users' computers to get
around the ³problem² of encryption:

    Filters can be put in the applications for example. You know, one could
have a filter on the end user¹s computer that would actually eliminate any
benefit fromŠencryption because if you want to hear it, you¹d have to
decrypt it, and at that point the filter could work.

And he goes on to say the spyware might be in your virus checker or media
player, or even in an ISP-provided modem or somewhere else under the ISP¹s
control. But fear not, it's just to "notify" you so you learn what's right
and wrong. 

http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/1388