OptimumOnline Bans uploads to P2P networks

An anonymous reader writes "In disturbing news this week Cablevision's high speed broadband unit OptimumOnline has sent letters to subscribers warning that uploading to P2P networks will no longer be tolerated. Obviously bowing to record and movie industry pressure the letter includes a link to a page that gives directions on how to disable file trading on 18 P2P services from KaZaa to Xolox. If you don't comply, they will cut the cord. I remember not to long ago where OptimumOnline ran TV ads touting the ability to grab music from the Net. The story on this can also be read here."

Comments

I use Optimum Online

[I'm a racist.]

I've been using Optimum Online since before most people ever heard of broadband or cable modems. I don't upload anything... but I do download lots of stuff.

This is going to seriously cut into my datawhoring and I am not happy!!! I currently pull down about 1Gb per day. I've got about 70Gb waiting to be burned to CD (I'm burning CDs as I write this).

Sure, I steal music/movies. But, I never bought a CD before Napster (and I stopped buying them when the RIAA went psycho anyway).

It's not Cablevision's job to police my Internet usage. Let the MPAA/RIAA come after me directly, I'll fuck them up!!!

There are legitmate uses of P2P, even though most people distribute copyrighted stuff, that doesn't make P2P automatically illegal. Fuck that!

Damn... I just had to vent a bit. Proceed with your discussions...