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Comcast Funds BitStalker Anti-Piracy Research
For years the RIAA and other copyright holders have been sending copyright infringement notices to ISPs, requesting they forward them to their customers. ISPs including Comcast have always kindly complied with these requests, but remained a neutral party. It therefore came as a surprise when we found out that three major US ISPs – Comcast, Cox and Warner Cable – have been funding research which aims to help copyright holders track down and gather evidence against BitTorrent pirates more efficiently.
Continue reading »Net neutrality: ‘horrifically ambiguous’
Net neutrality can’t happen. Not ever , says Tom Koltai. Repeatedly.
Continue reading »Kazaa Uses RIAA Victim Jammie Thomas in PR-Campaign
After the P2P application Kazaa died, the brand name was taken over by Brilliant Digital Entertainment (BDE) who are now offering unlimited DRM-infested music downloads for $19.98 a month. BDE doesn’t want to limit their service to music downloads though, and they recently introduced a groundbreaking new feature. According to the press release issued yesterday they are about to “shake up the online media industry.” Their masterplan?
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