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Does restricting P2P limit speech or
access to lawful content and services?

  • Any content or service deliverable via P2P is also deliverable via other means

  • Therefore, if content is inaccessible, it is not the fault of an ISP who blocks P2P simply to prevent cost-shifting or enforce its terms of service. The onus falls upon the content provider to offer non-P2P-based access as an alternative.

  • Examples of P2P-based and non-P2P-based services:

Service
P2P vendor
Non-P2P vendor
Telephony
Skype
Vonage
Video
Vuze
YouTube
Gaming
Blizzard Entertainment*
Blizzard Entertainment*

* Blizzard Entertainment allows both P2P and non-P2P downloads of updates to its online games.