Will BT die ?

**koolyt** · 12-07-2007, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by Skizo

What sort of quasi planet do you live on where completely eliminating the bittorrent protocol from uploading on the lines of all AT&T customers nationwide (worldwide?) leads you to believe that "ISPs like BT"?

haha. well i didn't know throttling was ever that effective. it certainly isn't in Canada. there is no way around AT&T throttling?

Originally Posted by orfik

I'm sure ISPs like the idea of BT because ideally it could optimize global bandwidth usage and take a lot of stress off the lines. What no company likes is being sued by another company.

i have not heard of ISP's being sued for allowing BT. i would be interested in an article/news link about that if you have one. it makes no sense since the technology itself is not illegitimate. how would such a law suit hold water in court? you could sue ISP's for allowing internet explorer, since some people use it to commit fraud.

**orfik** · 12-07-2007, 11:16 PM

Originally Posted by koolyt

i have not heard of ISP's being sued for allowing BT. i would be interested in an article/news link about that if you have one. it makes no sense since the technology itself is not illegitimate. how would such a law suit hold water in court? you could sue ISP's for allowing internet explorer, since some people use it to commit fraud.

The RIAA is pressuring the major ISPs for user information and to impose restrictions on protocols responsible for filesharing, which is the reason Comcast and others are obstructing BT traffic.

**koolyt** · 12-07-2007, 11:56 PM

Originally Posted by orfik

The RIAA is pressuring the major ISPs for user information and to impose restrictions on protocols responsible for filesharing, which is the reason Comcast and others are obstructing BT traffic.

well of course. these organizations pressure everyone to do stuff like that. however i don't think one could sue an ISP for not throttling BT. i suppose ISP's respond to industry pressure to some degree, just like governments do, due to the crazy amount of influence and financial backing organizations like the RIAA have. this was exemplified with oink, where the IFPI was basically running the show for the police as far as i can tell, and Leaseweb felt compelled to cooperate despite the legality of file-sharing in the Netherlands (that is my understanding of the situation anyway). it's sad

**Hazardous** · 12-07-2007, 11:58 PM

It will survive as long as people want it to. It may go underground or something, but until there is something better it will always be there. Evolve, yes. Die, no.