Lawmaker: Let studios hack P2P nets. A California congressman is preparing a bill that would protect copyright owners, allowing them to use high-tech techniques to stop file traders. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

These tactics include:

• interdiction, in which a copyright owner floods a file swapper with false requests so that downloads can't get through;
• redirection, in which a file swapper might be pointed to a site that doesn't actually have the files they're looking for;
• and spoofing, in which a corrupt or otherwise undesirable file masquerades as a song, movie or other file that people are seeking.

Great, so the first two screw with ALL internet traffic, and the first acts as a ping flood/DOS attack, which I'm sure the ISP's are thrilled with the thought of dealing with.

This is an insane, batshit (yes, I said BATSHIT) solution to the issue, which is not so much a problem, as a new way of doing business that Hollywood has yet to adopt. imagine if they put out lo-fi versions of their stuff, for free, and you got bonus material when you bought the CD/DVD. I've got two copies of some stuff on DVD because I'm a sucker for collectors editions. At the same time, I refuse to buy a DVD that is $20.00 if it DOESN'T have something extra on it, as I see it as a waste of my time (and hard earned cash) if I'm not getting something extra (which they likely have produced well in advance of the release) in the mix.

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