1 edit | The Law is the Law If you guys would take the time to read this:
»it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=···20472375
You would see how Comcast is in clear violation of internet standards as well as FEDERAL law, not to mention STATE laws as well. It wont be long before organizations like the EFF get involved in this...then lets see if Comcast has the stomach for that kind of battle...and the publicity that will come of it...the last thing they want is Congress up their butt |
|
Reviews:
 ·Comcast
·Charter
| If the action that Comcast (and believe it or not, many broadband providers) is taking is to enforce its ToS by blocking seeding (aka file sharing), what will be your lawyer's argument?
"We'll your honor... my client was unable to share their Internet connection with Bittorrent.com to sell their movies outside Broadband X's network. Broadband X actually prevented that from happening!!!!
We feel Broadband X should open up all pipes full and let everyone max them 7x24 for 3rd parties to get free and unlimited bandwidth using Broadband X's network externally. The costs are not an issue as Broadband X should actually lose money and the Internet is suppose to be FREE!!!!" |
|
|
|
| They are not blocking...they are knowingly pretending to be the host you are trying to connect with and terminating the connection...they can block traffic all they want. Thats not illegal. Fraud IS illegal. They are impersonating the person at the other end...thats what I'd say |
|
| My guess is you are slightly bias. It may be hard to prove in a court of law. |
|
| Websters definition of Fraud:
Main Entry: fraud
Pronunciation: 'frod
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English fraude, from Anglo-French, from Latin fraud-, fraus
1 a : DECEIT, TRICKERY; specifically : intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right b : an act of deceiving or misrepresenting : TRICK
2 a : ***a person who is not what he or she pretends to be*** : IMPOSTOR; also : one who defrauds : CHEAT b : one that is not what it seems or is represented to be
By definition its fraud. They are impersonating someone. Pretending to be someone they are not. Look it up. I think it is you who are biased against p2p. Now its P2P...next what if the packets I receive from VOIP provider are spoofed by comcast because I dont use their service...its as legitimate an argument |
|
| reply to devnuller
Awwwwww. That's such a cute point of view. Interesting slant. Comcast is doing US a favor for taking our money, saying one thing and doing another riiiiight? |
|
| reply to devnuller
You seem 'slightly' bias too. |
|
| reply to CableConvert
Ok, after you take the time to read the slashdot tripe, take time to read the actual law being "quoted", actually paraphrased in reality. See this:
"knowingly causes the transmission of a program, information, code, or command, and as a result of such conduct, intentionally causes damage without authorization, to a protected computer;" »www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrim···new.html
The law refers primarily to Government computers, financial systems, and interstate commerce. Also the specifics of the damages caused by a transmission relate to a computer, not file, nor is disruption of a file transmission damaging to the file itself, unless you are stupid enough to delete the file yourself upon attempting to transmit regardless of success. The transmission is a copy of the file, nothing more, nothing less.
Not that I disagree that Comcast is once again being overly strong-armed, but to claim they are breaking the law by misrepresenting what the law actually states and the the intent of the law is an equal disservice to the computing community.
Find a real basis for action, not some straw man argument that won't even get a hearing.
Then again, the slashdot post probably was written by another gun owner who likes to never finish the sentence in the Constitution.
As the government ads say: Reading is fundamental. |
|
