Wants to use technology similar to that used to block access to child pornography to get at the "root" of the problem and block access to websites that facilitate infringing file-sharing of copyrighted music.Tucked into the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's (IFPI) Digital Music Report for the year 2007 is an interesting clue as to what consumers can expect from its relentless pursuit of P2P and file-sharing network users. The report starts by first noting that the fall in CD sales has not yet been matched by online and mobile sales. Even though their revenues in 2006 doubled to about $2 billion USD, they still accounted for only about 10 per cent of total sales. They hope to increase this percentage to at least 25% by the year 2010. It then goes on to herald its "great victories" against online piracy, that they "...enforce (their) rights decisively, and this will continue." Amusingly enough it cites its $115 million USD settlement with KaZaA, yep that heap of malware monstrosity, as its big prize. I still chuckle every time I read how taking down KaZaA 5 years after most sensible left for more secure and properly vetted P2P and file-sharing platforms was somehow a big win for them. Plus, the last time I checked, people are still using KaZaA Lite like its still the year 2001, so where exactly is the victory they claim?
Oh they found them alright, everyone from disabled old ladies, to deceased fathers, to unwitting teens. Their idea of a successful campaign included in the report is that in Argentina one mother made her son sell off his car to pay her back the settlement fee. I'm sure that went over well in a country that has a 13.6% unemployment rate and a $13.2987 per capita income. It then notes that "We have taken some 30,000 actions against illegal file-sharers globally and, as the research in this report shows, these actions clearly work. Illegal file-sharing in Europe was contained last year against a 30 per cent increase in broadband household penetration." But, what it doesn't say is that it is file-sharing now accounts for some 70-80% of all internet traffic in Europe. Again, where's the victory in their current strategy? Well, that brings me to the point of what is most interesting in the report, that it makes a hint of what the IFPI plans to do in the future in terms of a new strategy. It reads:
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John Kennedy, Chairman and CEO of the IFPI even writes, "We were told we could never track down such offenders on the internet. We were told they would hide in places where we could not find them!"
...actions against individual uploaders are onerous and expensive and we shouldn’t have to be taking them. That job should not be ours – it should be done by the gatekeepers of the web, the Internet Service Providers (ISPs), who unquestionably have the technical means to deal with copyright infringement, if only they would take responsibility for doing so.
The report goes on to continue attacking the so-called "Gatekeeper" ISPs, calling them the best means of tackling piracy. 
1. common carrier status makes it that they can lose their status if they start censoring.
2. p2p sites would just change their ip and domain names (spammer's anti filtering tactics)
3. terrorists could wreak havoc on the internet by tricking isps into thinking that legit sites are illegal .
i hope they have been keeping up with their insurance payments!
but i dont think this whole "blocking the websites"approach is realistic. besides, there are a lot of things that can go wrong, a lot of laws that have to be observed, and there is a great many states and countries that will NOT agree to any of this nonsence.
im not worried. :)
these big trades are getting stronger and stronger,they do loobing for changing rules and laws with " our rotten politicals " for what ? TO IMPOSE THERE LAWS AND THERE WAY OF LIFE!!!!!!!
It's not for me !!!!!!
(sorry for my english but i hope that you understand)