Paving the path to the Big Brother community

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lopanas wrote:
This is just another step to increase Hollywoods power and an Orwellian society where you're watched werever you go. We aren't against IP, but were not pro 1984. Big Brother is created thru American greed today, not Communist occupation.

Sorry but that's ridiculous. Have you read 1984? "Orwellian" society is about thought control and direct monitoring of the innocent - not about monitoring criminal activity which should rightly be punished. I hardly think that is a step towards the totalitarian regime of Oceania. If you are innocent then you have nothing to fear from Internet traffic monitoring.

Furthermore, I very much doubt monitoring Internet traffic will take resources away from fighting other crime. It's not like somebody will be employed to sit and look through all the traffic! This will be automated, and only if something is flagged up will it require human intervention. If anything, this will create jobs to fill these roles.

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moto

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I agree with your points Speel, but I don't see how automated monitoring copyright infringement is going to lead to any of that.

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moto

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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
It's not automated monitoring of copyright infringement, it's automated monitoring, because automated monitoring of copyright infringement is technically AND logically (you cannot filter on data without having all the data) beseen impossible.

So what? Don't you think data is already being filtered? I am under no illusion that GCHQ or some other Government agency isn't listening for illegal activities. I don't care - if it helps to prevent crime then I've got nothing to worry about as a law-abiding citizen.

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moto

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Steady on Speel, there was no need for that. Yes I read your post. Perhaps I misunderstood.

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moto