[davidj]

Basically from what I understand, all of this is happening now because of the Comcast Vs Netflix war, where Comcast is trying to pass network charges on to Netflix via sending a bill to Level 3. So if Comcast/AT&T and others get their way, Netflix subscriptions should go up due to the increase cost passed on to it by Level 3, and Comcast's eventual goal will be to put them out of business in a few years. The irony of this is that this encourages piracy because some consumers will be priced out and forced find their movie/tv show online if they want to watch. So then I predict Comcast will attempt to convince the government ban freeloder streaming tv/movie sites (probably via DHS/ICE DNS banning) after they take down Netflix.