ISP returns RIAA subpoena with suit

TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
edited August 2003 in Science & Tech
SBC's Pacific Bell Internet Services is arguing in the latest lawsuit against the RIAA that its tactics in pursuing individual song-swappers may violate the U.S. Constitution.

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5058107.html


I guess PB will get even more customers now.

Comments

  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited August 2003
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  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited August 2003
    Thats cool. I hope more ISP's go against the RIAA.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    And why shouldn't they? Ultimately, the financial burden will fall on the ISPs, because they are the ones who will have to pull the actual records and gather customer information. I would be pissed if I was contacted by the RIAA and told to hand over customer information.
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited August 2003
    I think I have a pretty good ISP - Cox cable - they may say that you have a 30GB download a month limit on bandwidth, but from a few people I know, they don't say a word if you go over that limit, particularly the 2GB a day max.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Luckily I have the special student VPN deal here from Cox - no download limit :). Even qualify for business service, hehe.

    BUT - I loose the perks when I graduate :(
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    I have 1500/512 Cable from Wide Open West with no bandwidth caps of any sort, and I have 1500/256 ADSL from Ameritech with no bandwidth caps of any sort.
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    256/128...:bawling: :bawling: :bawling:
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Heh - they don't give a speed rating here. The speed test at Bandwidthplace usually returns 3 megabit though. I've gotten as high as 5 megabit at times. It feels even faster than the dorms - the dorms were 10 megabit but they had the dl/ul capped.
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited August 2003
    Thats pretty cool. Here on base we can't even get DSL, and DSL out here is guaranteed a min 1.5Mbps download.
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    w00t for anti-assiasinite isps...
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited August 2003
    WuGgaRoO said
    w00t for anti-assiasinite isps...

    Do you mean assinine?
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