* spyware on your computer that detects and deletes infringing materials;
Let them just try. I doubt their delivery protocol could get past my defenses.
* mandatory censorware on all Internet connections to interdict transfers of infringing material;
Again, let them try. They'll fail.
* border searches of personal media players, laptops and thumb-drives;
A decent ftp location would circumvent this intrusion.
* international bullying to force other countries to implement the same policies;
Yeah...that'll work great. I'm sure other countries will fall right in line because...We Are The Mighty RIAA!
* and free copyright enforcement provided by Fed cops and agencies (including the Department of Homeland Security!).
And how much protected content is currently sitting on all the MP3 players and laptops owned by these Fed and DHS agents? It is to laugh.
As would a manual mount of a TrueCrypt volume.
Same here. I’m ahead of the game and technology. Just before mininova shut down, I pretty much have every circumventing app known to bittorrent..
* spyware on your computer that detects and deletes infringing materials;
Let them just try. I doubt their delivery protocol could get past my defenses.
Not if they work out a deal, financial or otherwise with Microsoft to implement it into current and furture versions of Windows. Microsoft has already shown they're capable of quietly inserting their own anti-piracy software, WGA, into Windows updates. Windows users raged and roared about stolen CPU cycles then too. And then they shut up and took it.