Now The days Open source material is available. and that’s only way to stop violation of copyright…

Thank you for your comment. Just to clarify, the Copyright Alliance has no PAC and makes no campaign contributions. Also, did you not read about how Senator Hatch is a songwriter and ASCAP member? I don’t think he needs any campaign donations to understand why copyright is important.

Also, there is nothing factually incorrect with his statement. Look at any study out there, and you’ll see that 60-90% of Internet traffic in infringement. But even if it were only 10%, if it were to go away (I know that is a technical impossibility) that means the network is that much faster for the remaining traffic. It’s addition and subtraction.

That level of traffic is why some ISPs have looked at metered pricing, because a power law curve is in effect where a handful of hardcore file-sharers are taking up most of the bandwidth, particularly in asymmetric upstream flows. There they aren’t targeting infringement per se, just trying to make the few bandwidth hogs be accountable for their clogging the “tubes,” although with some exceptions most who would have to pay more are infringing. I take no position on that possible business strategy by ISPs, but it is evidence of the problem of network congestion, and such congestion historically has scaled, so as broadband providers expand the pipe, the traffic simply expands with it.

“On a side note, there is another benefit of stopping online piracy that is often overlooked. By reducing some of the infringing content online, the networks will be more efficient, thereby making more broadband capacity available for paying customers. ”

here’s an elected official with his finger on the pulse of his constituents. seriously, this ranks right up there with the late great senator stevens series of tubes idiocy.

boy, you guys bought yourself a winner here!