Bono's "One" Ignorant Idea

[Commentary] Bono blames Internet Service Providers for the scourge of file sharing -- "this reverse Robin Hooding" -- which he says hurts "the young, fledgling songwriters who can't live off ticket and T-shirt sales...." His "big" idea for stopping the scourge? Enforcement of copyright through deep packet inspection and filtering. This "idea" is mind-bogglingly ignorant for its lack of recognition of how these wonderful media "moguls" exploit the "fledgling songwriters" Bono professes to care about or how they helped to destroy the music industry through a combination of greed and incompetence. Nor does he have a clue about how these filters would work in the copyright context - blocking lawful content and encouraging an encryption arms race that would allow filesharing to proceed unabated. And of course it is shocking that any "humanitarian" would advocate use of technologies used by a repressive government to suppress online dissent. But the most absurd thing about Bono's endorsement of Draconian copyright enforcement is that it undermines just about everything else he professes to stand for.