I don't like big brother more than anyone else, so I probably wouldn't advocate such a scheme.
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Originally Posted by Barefootsies
Your idea is asinine. If you can't see that, you're an idiot. No offense champ.
The only way this would work is if ISP's across the board were forced to assign you a single static IP which you would need to use always.
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While I am sure your 'theory' may have had some good intentions. It obviously was not through out in application to how the internet works, and the management of IP space.
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Funny you should mention the management of IP space. As you may know, we are out of IPv4
addresses. IPv6 is coming fast. IPv6 has enough addresses for each person to have a million.
If there were a $40 fine, I'm sure the ISP wouldn't mind collecting it and keeping their $12 share.
All they need to do is query a hash database and compare it to downloads, then add $40 per
song / video / whatever to the user's bill. Of course if the user doesn't pay their bill, their
service gets cut off and they don' steal any more.
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