My next best theory is that someone at LimeLight Networks(AS3549, a GLBX reseller) is sending poison BGP announcements, but I don't see any in looking glasses.

That kind of technically advanced activity, especially with the potential for huge economic losses, should trigger an FBI investigation. Of course, the FBI isn't going to admit anything or post updates on /. until they hand up indictments to the court and make some arrests.

now my head hurts.

limelight is not as3549. they are as22882.

limelight are not a global crossing reseller. they are a global crossing transit provider (with a pretty big network of their own)

limelight did not inject any sneaky advertisements about anyone related to this. first of all, they wouldn't. they're ethical, stand-up guys (i know some of their senior network engineers). secondly, i would have seen it. renesys, the company i work for, maintains a massive database of all routing changes affecting the global internet.

sigh. this is just more blathering nonsense, as with most of the rest of this thread.

Though their motivations may not be so philanthropic, at least consumer electronics corporations are on the side of the people like you and I. After all, they know that consumers will not purchase crippled, copy-protected products. Hopefully, this will result in a somewhat more balanced result when laws are passed. Call me cynical, but I feel that the Hollywood lobby's advantage is quite large and the laws will likely get passed.