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Pres-Elect Obama: What Does it Mean for P2P?

By soulxtc

He is for net-neutrality and non-interference with specific applications and services like BitTorrent, but his new VP is the co-founder and chair of the Congressional Anti-Piracy Caucus. With Barack Hussein Obama now elected to become the 44th President of the United States it's important that we take stock of what his comments and positions have been on important technology and file-sharing related issues. From BitTorrent throttling to network neutrality it's important to see where our new President stands so that we know what to expect in the future. I've been sort of worried about what a Democrat President may hold in store being that it usually has much stronger ties to Hollywood and other entertainment industry interests, but so far his rhetoric has made me hopeful. BitTorrent Throttling In November of last year an aide to Barack Obama was asked to clarify the Senator's technology policy and whether or not he would have made it illegal for Comcast to throttle BitTorrent.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on November 05, 2008 (boomark / email).