 gaforcesUnited We Stand, Divided We Fall
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1 edit | Short-sighted Eliminating e-donkey will drive those users to harder to trace, semi-private servers,like they are already doing.
It will make file sharers into smarter, harder to catch criminals, instead of just common thieves, as they learn to circumvent the riaa and thier partners.
Indescriminate blocking, without identifying if the blocked file is legal or copyrighted material is wrong and the FCC should take action against them.
Also, this is going to hurt legal p2p applications more than the pirates, cause they can just zip or rar the files to stop the blocking.
This type of action is specifically against network neutrality policy and common carrier status.
"An important legal requirement for common carrier as public provider is that it cannot discriminate"
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carrier
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| Re: Shortsited said by gaforces:This type of action is specifically against network neutrality policy and common carrier status. "An important legal requirement for common carrier as public provider is that it cannot discriminate" » en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carrier Except cable companies do not have common carrier status. At least they don't yet anyway. But FCC's Martin is trying to make that happen at AT&T's encouragement:
»avid.broadcastnewsroom.com/artic···d=230984
FCC's authority to regulate cable under the 70/70 test would not be impaired by another provision in cable law that says no "cable system shall be subject to regulation as a common carrier or utility by reason of providing any cable service."
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gaforcesUnited We Stand, Divided We Fall
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Santa Cruz, CA | According to that 23 year old cable law, they became common carriers after they passed the 70/70 mark. FCC is just slow to act on it. |
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| said by gaforces:According to that 23 year old cable law, they became common carriers after they passed the 70/70 mark. FCC is just slow to act on it. Martin says they passed the 70/70 mark. Others says they haven't. |
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 DanTrailer Park SupervisorPremium
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Eh? | Not "OTHERS" but big Cable Co. |
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