[PLUG-TALK] Streaming versus REAL net neutrality

Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtmann at gmail.com
Sat Feb 8 01:52:15 UTC 2014


On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Keith Lofstrom <keithl at gate.kl-ic.com> wrote:

...
> This systematized censorship isn't theoretical.  Various versions
> of this are being legislated in Europe right now, and the hardware
> modified to enforce it.  Piss off Big Content by providing links
> on your website to sources they do not approve of, and DNS no
> longer finds your server in some parts of Europe.  Automatically,
> no recourse, the behavior is wired into the chips by law, like
> the region coding on your DVD player.
...
> Keith

Keith,
Can you post a link or two to some descriptions of this?  I do not
doubt, but am ignorant of it.

It strikes me as a way for hackers to shut down large sites by
sneaking in unapproved links.

-Denis



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