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If this indeed turns out to be true, and it is proven Comcast is throttling BitTorrent users to the point that BitTorrent is not usable this is going to get ugly. Their are unconfirmed reports that Comcast is preventing seeding of torrents by the usage of Sandvine broadband traffic management equipment.
I knew I was going to be disappointed today when the FCC announced the auction rules for the 700mhz Spectrum. They had a chance to allow for true innovation. Instead they have once again allowed companies like AT&T and Verizon to have a walled garden.
Has all of the drama over the past few months on the increase in payment rates that streaming radio stations would have to pay be tied back ultimately to DRM.
I am not surprised the the Russians have shut down AllofMP3.com they have been under considerable pressure for some time. But just as the PirateBay went of the map for a few days, I am betting that AllofMP3.com will be back on the grid some place else in short order.
In what will be a mortal strike to Fair Use! The amendment is currently being considered by the Content Protection Advisory Council (CPAC) of the DVD CCA. If voted on the current copy protection license governing DVDs would eliminate all DVD backups, and restrict DVD playback without the DVD being in the DVD player.
The RIAA was up to their standard tricks again, they wanted the University of New Mexico just to hand over their students information accused of file sharing copyrighted material. Well a District Court judge ruled that they are not going to be getting the information that way.
TorrentSpy one of the leading Torrent sites has been ordered by a judge to keep log files of all their users actions through log file monitoring, They were ordered to keep log files overriding their own privacy policy which says that they will never monitor their users.