Re: [microsound] the real situation with copyright laws in us

[Aaron Ximm <ghede@xxxxxxxx>]

> the figures from the ISP:s varies a little but their estimates are
> 30-60% of the bandwidth on their networks is file-sharing. these figures

'Lies, damn lies, ...'  Can you substantiate this statistic?

My immediate reaction: who's done a survey? If someone is asking, who are
they asking, and what is that actual question?

Without sniffing IPs or analyzing data in packets they pass, I don't know
how an ISP would know this!

If it's admins filling in surveys... the entire web is the back and forth
of files, is it up to each admin to decide if that's 'sharing'? Sending
photos of the kids is sharing files.  So is sending a spreadsheet to your
work account... downloading shareware or patches... etc.

Genuinely curious, (and generally suspicious of such statistics wherever
they appear...),

 aaron

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