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On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Daniel Robinson <manipula@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It would be very easy for an ISP to whitelist specific torrents if they > really gave a damn about piracy, which obviously they don't. No it wouldn't. How do you expect an ISP to keep a whitelist of legitimate torrents? The ability to distribute modified versions of software is a fundamental principle of free software. It would be a nightmare for everyone involved if ISPs were whitelisting torrents, not to mention futile. Anyway, it's trivial to route any P2P traffic over SSH -- will you block that next? :) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq