October 5, 2024

P2P Porn

Yesterday’s New York Times reported that recording industry lobbyists are shocked, shocked to find porn on popular peer-to-peer networks. Naturally, they think P2P should be heavily regulated as a result. Somebody should send them a copy of Michael Kinsley’s classic Slate editorial on the most dangerous of all media: paper.

Comments

  1. Gee, shouldn’t their first reaction be to help the copyright holders of porn track down users and sue them for trading copyrighted materials?

    I’m disappointed more porn peddlers haven’t gone to legislators demanding the same protection that the RIAA and MPAA have received.