RIAA going from bad to worse
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Comcast, Other News
The RIAA has announced that they will no longer be suing people who illegally download music from the internet. Good news? Not really because they will be working with ISPs to disconnect offending users. No doubt that Comcast will be one of those ISPs as Comcast is clearly opposed to NN as well as internet piracy.
Tags: Comcast, Network neutrality, open internet, piracy, RIAA, users rights
Comcast/BT Part 13: Is it over?
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Comcast, Technology News
It may seem that Comcast might have finely folded and laid their cards on the table by conceding, and making attempts at working out a solution to the whole BitTorrent thing (it’s a start). It’s too early to call this a win for the users but the end may finely be in sight. This will be still a long and bumpy road a head, but I am going to remain optimistic about the whole thing…
Related article: Here
Tags: BT, Comcast, FCC, fight over, internet, Net Neutrality, users rights
Comcast/BT Part 11: FCC speaks clearly
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Comcast
It looks like the FCC is siding with users. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin says “I think it’s important to understand that the commission is ready, willing and able to step in if necessary to correct any (unreasonable) practices that are ongoing today,” witch ‘came at the start of a day-long FCC hearing.
Martin acknowledged that broadband network operators have a legitimate need to manage the data flowing over their networks. But he said that “does not mean that they can arbitrarily block access to particular applications or services.”
Could this mean “network neutrality” is that much closer to being realized? Only time will tell…
Tags: BT, Comcast, FCC, internet, Net Neutrality, users rights
