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Story: BT finishes trial, expects to use Phorm

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I wouldn't say so

No one is expecting a free lunch; that's why we pay ISP subscriber fees; to provide us with a private, secure communication service.

And the ISPs pay one another interconnection fees, so no one loses out there either.

The 'commercial aspects of the real world' are well established, and working just fine without Phorm. The commercial aspects of the real world require Phorm to obtain consent for interception from both parties to a communication, and buy a copyright licence before copying and processing content they don't own, particularly so if that content is being used to disadvantage the author (by promoting competitors).

As well as obtaining informed opt in consent from the ISP subscriber.

So its not naive at all. Naive is thinking you can intercept private data communications, and copy & sell someone elses creative work, without asking or paying for the privilege first.

Actually, its offensive and illegal too.

Doing it twice to thousands of people and the web sites they visited in 2006 and 2007, without even bothering to tell the Home Office or ICO, is probably going to get someone in a lot of bother. I'd call that naive too.

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