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- replaysMike, on 03/25/2009, -4/+89***** the RIAA!
- damnitbryan, on 03/25/2009, -3/+49Damn it AT&T!
- knissel, on 03/26/2009, -2/+44Why does the RIAA still exsist?
- inactive, on 03/26/2009, -7/+29I didn't even have to read it to know comcast would be on there.
- AmazingSteve, on 03/26/2009, -0/+20Correction. Some ISPs will try it out, see customers leave in droves and THEN tell the RIAA to go pound sand up it's collective dickhole.
- enrq, on 03/26/2009, -0/+20what's in it for the ISPs? losing costumers?
- Lomi, on 03/26/2009, -0/+17***** what will they do without their costumers? they might have to stop wearing costumes all together!
- stix213, on 03/26/2009, -0/+15$$$
- sodade, on 03/26/2009, -1/+16This info would be great if ISPs didn't have (basically) monopolies in most US regions.
- fr3ddie, on 03/26/2009, -2/+16Yarr harr fiddle dee dee
- reed311, on 03/26/2009, -1/+15Yeah, except if you read it, you would have known that Comcast said they are not changing their policies for the RIAA.
- Winu, on 03/25/2009, -2/+15There is ALWAYS a workaround for everything.
- JiveRabbit, on 03/26/2009, -2/+15Than they SHOULDNT SELL THE CAR SAYING IT CAN GO 100 MPH!!!
GAAAAHHHHH
Would you be upset if you played WoW and suddenly Blizzard told you that you could only play 20 minutes a day but you had to KEEP PAYING THE FULL AMOUNT just because too many people want to play?
That's what the ISP's are doing. - MetalHead73, on 03/26/2009, -0/+13Verizon<3
- stix213, on 03/26/2009, -0/+12Comcast has a policy of not making public what they are doing, ever
- JiveRabbit, on 03/26/2009, -0/+11Comfort, you're right, but if they offer a service, you should be able to utilize it to the maximum extent they say you can. If i bought a car that says it can go 100 mph, shouldn't it go 100 mph?
- stix213, on 03/26/2009, -0/+11Yeah, cause the RIAA never makes any mistakes...
http://www.p2p-weblog.com/50226711/oops_sorry_wron ...
dumbass - DarkerMaster, on 03/26/2009, -2/+12When will the RIAA realize that they are fighting an uphill battle.
Sure some ISPs will try it out...but once they see how many people end up getting accused they will tell the RIAA to STFU. - inactive, on 03/26/2009, -0/+10Guilty until proven innocent is the new mantra of RIAA! Spying must become acceptable because you might commit a crime.. I mean what would stop companies from committing large scale identity theft and fraud.. Absolutely nothing.. infact what stops them now.. absolutely nothing. The law only applies to the man in the street.
- newsboys, on 03/26/2009, -1/+10Being a pirate is okay with me!
- sweeneyowns, on 03/26/2009, -1/+10Apparently i qualified as a "suspect illegal file sharer" because my suddenlink connection recently slowed down to special olympic speeds. When we called we got a response that we were using too much bandwidth at 60+gb down
- elo91, on 03/26/2009, -4/+12***** THE RIAA!
- inactive, on 03/26/2009, -2/+10yeah because they would never ever accuse anyone without any evidence.. and people can never make it look like some else is doing the downloading and you will get punished even if innocent.. YOU ARE A STUPID RETARD!
- Slade605, on 03/26/2009, -0/+7What about those who download and share linux torrents, or more recent NIN music for instance. The ISPs will not distinguish between legal content and illegal content.
- RobbieF, on 03/26/2009, -1/+8Cox customer here.
Got a couple of those warnings in the past.
After installing PeerGuardian2 on all my boxen, I have gotten exactly 0 subsequent warnings (that was like 2 years ago). Protection. Use it. - antoniuk, on 03/26/2009, -0/+7Well let's see. I got one of our cable connections shut off recently becasue the MPAA accused me of downloading a file. Turned out to be the third octect having one number off and they accidently blamed me.
I got no warnings and had to call in when we could not access a systen.
don't give me that bull about if you have nothig to hide. everyone is at risk here and they have no business interfering with our connections. Entrapment is still illegal no matter who has the money to white wash government. - Nelagster, on 03/26/2009, -0/+6oh nice. label them scumbags and then make yourself look like a Christian. classy.
- inactive, on 03/27/2009, -0/+5Most ISPs don't want to act as traffic police. It's a waste of time and resources. So ***** the RIAA/MPAA and all the other greedy fascist organizations that treat consumers like criminals.
- Nelagster, on 03/26/2009, -0/+4oh nice. label them scumbags and then make yourself look like a Christian. classy.
- tyne101101, on 03/26/2009, -0/+5How Ironic. The RIAA is like they're one of PETA Committees. Taking the rights of people. AT&T, harassing and dissing your customers is one of the reasons your company is becoming poisoned.
- MtheoryX, on 03/27/2009, -0/+4HD video podcasts, many of which are now distributed via BT, can easily eat up 100 GB in bandwidth a month. Not counting anything else you do like FOSS software, linux, WoW updates, etc.
- Travelsonic, on 03/26/2009, -0/+4What are you, some sort of psychic?
OF COURSE if it is huge it must be illegal. Flawless logic, and Linux, and other forms of FOSS and legally free media doesn't exist. / s - inactive, on 03/26/2009, -1/+5"boxen"? Is that the new plural of box, like the plural of ox = oxen?
- ksgant, on 03/26/2009, -1/+5I'd say that AT&T's response...in the article anyway...was more of a hem&haw about not wanting to piss off their customers yet also not wanting to piss off the RIAA.
Didn't anyone else think it was kind of wishy-washy? - Khast, on 03/26/2009, -0/+4Next step, RIAA forces ISPs to supply an AOL like gateway program which scans your computer for all files, and reports back to the ISP and RIAA, upon infringing materials the connection is cut. (And would probably make it that if the internet is being used, and the program fails to report...connection is terminated on suspicion of circumvention.)
This kind of thing really wouldn't surprise me, I mean they have done some pretty ***** things in the past....just sayin' - JiveRabbit, on 03/26/2009, -0/+4To be *shudder* fair to Comcast, they dont have to make all company actions public
But still, ***** Comcast. They really do suck as a provider - camilos007, on 03/26/2009, -1/+5One thing that you should know about Digg. Never, ever say anything bad about Nintendo, Apple, Linux or file sharing. Unless you enjoy being dugg down to the deepest depths of hell.
- Samurai77, on 03/26/2009, -0/+4So how do they know if the content is infringing, or do they just guess if you download a lot, if that's the case why offer anything faster than 1.5Mbps, is 5 10 or 20Mbps really going to make your web browsing better? No, it is for downloading big files fast.
I download a lot of Open Source OSes to try them out, wonder when I'll get pegged? - Kyzzyxx, on 03/26/2009, -0/+4lol, you are one of the dumbest ***** I have ever seen post here! The best part of this kind of comedy on Digg is that they don't even know they are funny!
- wolfing, on 03/26/2009, -0/+3I know, I'd be like "Hey! it wasn't even a strike, it was just a foul! That doesn't count after 2 strikes!"
- Tddupre, on 03/27/2009, -0/+3***** AT&T
- stix213, on 03/26/2009, -0/+3Not until their money runs out
- Gareth321, on 03/27/2009, -0/+2Obvious troll is obvious.
- deadsenator, on 03/26/2009, -0/+3Argh!
I'm not a pirate, I'm just jealous. - Slade605, on 03/26/2009, -1/+4Yeah, I wish I was in Canada enjoying all that unadulterated connection speed, watching my favorite free shows on NBC/Hulu or Adult Swim....
/s - RobbieF, on 03/26/2009, -1/+4maybe. and who the hell does that Webster guy think he is, anyway? God of Words? Geesh.
- Kyzzyxx, on 03/26/2009, -0/+3Thou Shalt Not Steal may be one of the Ten Commandments but Greed is one of the 7 Deadly Sins.
Now what? - inactive, on 03/26/2009, -0/+3This is hard to tell with direction music mediums have gone. Now music can be copied and easily manipulated. The music industry hasn't kept up with technology in terms of distribution. Stores like iTunes & Amazon.com are helping stop piracy by offering a quick, reasonably priced solution. Other stores need to go in the same direction.
When mp3 player became a hit, retail music stores should have been working with mp3player makers to make distribution easy. They could have easily moved from CD's to download stations, where customers could purchase the music then connect their device to download the song. The technology is available to support this, music companies aren't using it.
There could be another RIAA, but there should be little need since the process music promotion and distribution is much cheaper now. - Aeroboy, on 03/26/2009, -2/+5Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free!
- highwebl, on 03/26/2009, -1/+4Customers who use their service are the enemy. They only want customers who pay for 15mbps to check email twice a day.
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