From the ha-ha-ha dept.

Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/13/229229 Posted by: Zonk, on 2005-02-13 23:42:00 from the following-in-your-tracks dept. Danathar writes "The MPAA is looking to use [1]digital fingerprinting technologies that in conjunction with legislation will enable and force ISPs to look for network traffic that matches the signatures. " From the article: " Once completed, Philips' technology--along with related tools from other companies--could be a powerful weapon in Hollywood's increasingly aggressive attempts to choke off the flood of films being traded online." References 1. http://news.com.com/Movie+blackout+for+P2P+networks/2100-1025_3-5571057.html... tag=nefd.lede ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07078, 11.61144 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE http://moleculardevices.org http://nanomachines.net [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]