Yeah, if there's one thing the government hates, it's a publicly accessible register of all your activity that you have to cryptographically sign with your identity to write to it.
Given the large settlements, these lawsuits were likely against people routinely selling copied games, either on disc or preloaded on the console.
Source
When the cell phone ban in NY was under consideration, one of the politicians remarked that riding in a car while being attacked is also dangerous and wondered if that should be banned as well. I say yes, being attacked by monkeys while driving should be outlawed. But only New World Monkeys.
ISPs in the US are not Common Carriers. They are classified as Information Services. That means the get the protection of Common Carrier status without the drawbacks of not being allowed to restrict what they carry.
Why yes, they did lobby for this special class for just themselves.
Re: Blockchains outlawed in 3..2..1..
Yeah, if there's one thing the government hates, it's a publicly accessible register of all your activity that you have to cryptographically sign with your identity to write to it.
Hallyday Clause
Doesn't the Hallyday Clause just make it more attractive to download non-French material?
They have been
They've been using private companies to do the fancy stuff for them.
Or a commercial license
Artifex also offers a commercial license. I have a feeling that's the one Diebold will pick instead of releasing their source.
Not P2P Related Lawsuits
Given the large settlements, these lawsuits were likely against people routinely selling copied games, either on disc or preloaded on the console. Source
Monkeys
When the cell phone ban in NY was under consideration, one of the politicians remarked that riding in a car while being attacked is also dangerous and wondered if that should be banned as well. I say yes, being attacked by monkeys while driving should be outlawed. But only New World Monkeys.
Not Common Carrier
ISPs in the US are not Common Carriers. They are classified as Information Services. That means the get the protection of Common Carrier status without the drawbacks of not being allowed to restrict what they carry.
Why yes, they did lobby for this special class for just themselves.
Priorities
If the audience is more into their phones then the band, maybe the band isn't that good?