Oh Actually BPI is the British Phonographic Industry, not the British Porn
Industry.
http://www.bpi.co.uk/default.aspx
So I guess they won't be much help in this case!
Sorry about that, now I must get back to my exercise program on my
Telescreen.
On 23 July 2013 15:29, Richard Bensley <richardbensley@???> wrote:
> Even though I am a technical user, for plenty of services I am an end user.
>
> I can predict now I shall be requesting the option to label myself as a
> customer that wants the filth delivered; sites I browse like reddit
> (r/programming, r/linux) will most definitely be added to the block list.
> As reddit is a giant community site, with plenty of categories for plenty
> of subjects, it's more than evident that large communities highlight the
> fact that most humans like looking at other humans in the buff (those
> cheeky mammals)!
>
> On the back of all this, I find it ludicrous that it was the BPI (the
> British Porn Industry) that seemed to have had enough weight to throw
> around, they managed to lead the charge in getting The Pirate Bay blocked
> on most British ISP's, my main source for legal media and Linux Distro's.
> The Pirate Bay was turning into a platform for independent music and video
> artists to quickly gain recognition as they were starting out (even well
> established artists releasing content for free*), and not having to pay for
> content delivery.
>
> So the BPI managed to justify that torrents were damaging their income,
> and it's a well known fact that porn is a driver of consumer influenced
> technology, so now they are going to block it by default? To coin an old
> phrase, "DOES NOT COMPUTE". I can't find any statements released by the BPI.
>
> Also worth a read:
> http://highscalability.com/blog/2012/4/2/youporn-targeting-200-million-views-a-day-and-beyond.html
> And some wise words from AAISP:
> http://aa.net.uk/kb-broadband-realinternet.html
>
> Well it will be interesting for a while. But there are better ways to
> handle it. I am just annoyed because I know that community sites will be
> blocked; sites can be added to a filter without my knowledge or consent. It
> will be interesting to see how long I can keep the default filter enabled
> for.
>
> I thought this was the whole point of the .xxx domains too, easy filtering
> out what clearly is marketed as adult content.
>
> * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_%28video%29#Availability
>
>
> P.S. On a happier note, some kids are doing positive things with
> technology: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a35XINnYFtA (Tweeted by Jimmy
> Wales).
>
> Rich
>
>
> On 23 July 2013 09:31, James Bensley <jwbensley@???> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the link, chuckles ensue..
>>
>> For some this is a very serious matter though; one ISP is striving
>> hard to protect the freedom of speech of it's users;
>> http://revk.www.me.uk/2013/07/active-choice.html
>>
>> Cheers,
>> James.
>>
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