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Originally Posted by desquinn  So its ok for me to go to blockbuster and see what you have been watching? or the library and see what you have been reading? |
The only way that would be possible is if your ISP handed over the records corresponding to past use of your IP address, and even then you are only personally identifiable if you are the only person using that connection and even then it could not be conclusively proven it was actually you at the controls.
A list of IP addresses will personally identify virtually nobody, all it will demonstrate is usage trends, exactly the same thing that we all use on our own websites to monitor how they are used.
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Originally Posted by pursuit youtube could in turn blames the Internet and/or WWW and/or ISPs for allowing copyrighted meterials to be transmitted in the first place. The whole Internet should be abolished!  |
I don't see how. How would the official websites upload their content if ISPs banned it? How would they work out what was fair use/parody/permitted? How would they establish if you were the owner and could do as you pleased with it? How would they know what was copyrighted content at all? How are they going to enforce with every website's individual Terms of Service?
It is impossible for ISPs to be the police, the honus is entirely on the website service.