Internet Filtering

First there was this:
FCC Issues Open Invitation to Internet Filtering:

Buried in the [FCC's decision slamming Comcast for interfering with bittorrent traffic]… lurks an open invitation to internet service providers to filter content. In essence, the commission said carriers cannot discriminate against file sharing protocols, but they may act as a traffic cops and block illegal material and “transmissions that violate copyright law.”

Followed by this:
New Lobbying Group Calls for Internet Filtering:

Behind the lobby are AT&T, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Viacom and the Songwriters Guild of America. Among other things, the lobby, called Arts+Labs, says “network operators must have the flexibility to manage and expand their networks to defend against net pollution and illegal file-trafficking which threatens to congest and delay the network for all consumers.”

This is potentially huge (e.g. tech is incapable of dealing w/ fair use)… or perhaps this will be the straw that leads to everyone going encrypted.