I decided to look more into BitTorrent after the name came up in the article from wired that we were supposed to read. I thought it interesting because BitTorrent has its own blog that has one post talking about net neutrality. I think it is interesting because they really seem to agree that the only way to go on is to allow for the constant speed of net innovation to take place. They feel as though people should have access to pretty much everything on the internet free because that helps the progression in technology and would only slow that progression down with restrictions.
I personally have mixed feelings on this. I do think that law is important and that there is too much “free” stuff out there… I just don’t know really where the line could, should, or would be drawn. Any thoughts from anyone?
http://blog.bittorrent.com/2010/08/13/net-neutrality-is-not-decided/
I think it is great that people are able to share so much information through the Internet, but I think in some cases it can be taken too far. If everyone started downloading all of their movies online without giving anything to the producers, then where would sufficient funds come from to support the movie industry. I know there is a lot more to it than that, but I just think that people should give a little more credit to the work that people put in to create quality entertainment.
ReplyDeleteThese are great issues to raise and we'll get much more into the nuances to the various sides of the debate in a few weeks.
ReplyDeleteWhat should I do? write something on my blog?or post a comment on each article?
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