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Perspective

Aug. 12, 2009

Policing Broadband

Unmanaged illegal Internet traffic is a significant source of network congestion and cost that impedes investment in broadband, writes Chris Castle.

By Chris Castle

Balancing interests of technologists and artists online has been the challenge of the last 10 years, and nothing is changing soon. Legal online content businesses must distinguish lawful from unlawful content. Examples that redefined the commercial relationship between artist and fan include the iTunes Music Store and Hulu.

Network innovators have to try to solve essentially the same problem, but in a more challenging environ...

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