[SA_Dave]

Thanks Jack!

"We have yet to see a P2P network where we have not been able to target individuals who are infringers," said Matt Oppenheim, senior vice president of the RIAA. "This is marketing hype of the worst kind. It is playing on the fears of others, encouraging them to engage in behavior that will get them into a boatload of trouble."

You said it!
What about Freenet, Groove etc.?

But Audible Magic also is building a system it said will help identify copyrighted songs being traded on file-swapping networks and potentially even block the trades. The company recently tested an early version of this network-monitoring tool at the University of Wyoming, where the software watched the traffic flowing through the college network to the outside world.

A public release of that file-swapping monitor software likely will be available by the end of September or early October, Ikezoye said.

Fingerprinting isn't new. Neither is encryption..

Maybe this is what will finally kill Kazaa, assuming that every ISP installs the blocking software. I doubt it'll happen though.

The greatest dissatisfaction with SA's asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) service has been with the monthly download limit of 3GB.

Cheapskate monopolists! Die Telkom, die!
ADSL would be worthwhile, if not for the cap. Currently the monthly cost of internet calls is often a bit higher than the ADSL line rental & ISP charges would be. However, 8GB unrestricted on dial-up versus only 3GB on ADSL makes the choice clear. Telkom's extended the cap to local traffic as well!!