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  1. Re:They should have the right to do what they want by The+Monster · · Score: 1 · on Should ISPs Be Allowed To Delete Your MP3s?
    As long as they have a clear policy on such matters,
    Damn straight they do. As the update to the original story suggests, I grepped the company's Terms of Service: (emphasis mine)
    4.1.5. The storage and distribution of MP3 format files via the Company network is prohibited.
    I don't know how much clearer it can get. YAUUSSS (Yet Another Un(der)researched, Unnecessarily Sensationalist Slashdot Story), I'm afraid. As others have pointed out, you can try to defeat their 'bot by naming files .%6D%70%33 or similar, hoping that the browser translates the hex to ascii. Hell, you can call them .em-pee-three and ask your users to rename them, if they possess sufficient clues to do that (and Explorer isn't configured to hide file extensions for their protection <spit> - that's why I suggest a really funky extension, BTW). Beating a killbot isn't all that different from beating a spambot.

    But a heavy-download site is still a violation of other TOS provisions. And if the admins catch you...

    The Company will be the sole and final arbiter as to Websites or usages of resources that constitute violation or intent to violate our policies. Those Customers found in violation of these policies are subject to a $300.00 service charge for each instance of violation, exclusive of charges for the bandwidth and/or other resources utilized.
    They can define an "instance" per file, or per download, and make "half-price" pretty damned expensive in a hurry. So, as the great philosopher Harry Callahan* said:
    You gotta ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky today?" Well, do ya... punk?
    *Yes, I know he's a fictitious character. There is ample evidence to suggest that Socrates is, too, but that doesn't stop people from quoting "him" to bolster their positions. And Net Kops probably have that"Go ahead... make my day" attitude.


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    SVM, ERGO MONSTRO.

  2. Next time read the contract! by HappyHead · · Score: 1 · on Should ISPs Be Allowed To Delete Your MP3s?

    If you look at their AUP, which is located here, you'll see that they explicitly forbid the storage of MP3 files on thier servers, regardless of who has the rights to it, regardless of wether they're legal MP3s or not, and regardless of wether you want to put them there or not. This is the relevant section from their policy page:

    4.1.5. The storage and distribution of MP3 format files via the Company network is prohibited.

    Frankly, since storing MP3s on the site was against their policy, he's lucky they didn't apply the $300 per instance of violation service charge that they promise right below that. While I'm not saying that storing MP3 files is bad, I am saying that when you place a file of any type on a server who has banned files of that type, you shouldn't be surprised when they remove them, and the AUP is all of the warning that needed to be given.

  3. Seriously... (Not intended as flamebait, but alas) by IAmATuringMachine! · · Score: 5 · on Should ISPs Be Allowed To Delete Your MP3s?

    Okay, granted that maybe .00385 (rounded) percent of MP3's might actually be legal "everybody's happy" MP3's, but pretty much all of the rest of them are illegal. If you own the album, one would suppose that you could keep the MP3 for yourself, but to post it in a public web directory is a little bit sketchy (ala "MyDrive"). Perhaps it would be an issue of it was posted in a non web-accessible directory, but other than that, I think the ISP was doing the "smart thing." Think of it this way, if 99% of the apples in the bunch are rotten, would you spend your time digging around for the good one, or would you just pitch them all.

    And if anything, he agreed to the terms of srevice which explicitly state:

    4.1.5. The storage and distribution of MP3 format files via the Company network is prohibited.

    Which are clearly shown at http://www.halfpricehosting. com /support/s_terms.asp

    So the only right he has is to go pound sand or to find a new provider. Sorry to burst the bubble, but if you agree with terms of service, and then violate them, you don't have a right to complain- or at least nobody has to listen.

    Point, match, set.

  4. Re:So who is a good host? by Lxy · · Score: 1 · on The CIHost Saga Continues

    I've had the best luck with Half Price Hosting. They once had a UPS problem that brought down the indexing on the Windoze web boxes, but for price, uptime, and bandwidth you can't beat them.

  5. Use of IIS/NT explanation by Neph · · Score: 3 · on Download.com Features Linux Distro
    Under "strategic partnerships", one of the names listed is "HalfPrice Hosting". So:

    glait:/opt/nephtes/src\>host www.armed.net
    www.armed.net has address 208.141.56.223
    glait:/opt/nephtes/src\>host www.halfpricehosting.com
    www.halfpricehosting.com has address 208.141.56.249

    Same subnet.

    So the reason the server is IIS is because that's what their hosting service uses. Now, you could argue that they ought to be pickier about who hosts their site, but at least they didn't actually decide to set up an NT web server to sell Linux! (No personal interest, incidentally, just thought I'd shed some light.)

    Steve 'Nephtes' Freeland | Okay, so maybe I'm a tiny itty