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Hollywood Muscles Aussie ISPs Over Movie Downloading

Posted by timothy on from the beside-the-law dept.

Tenaka Kahn writes "Whirlpool is reporting that American movie companies are using a company (MediaForce) to try and muscle Aussie ISPs into disconnecting users who indulge in movie sharing."

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  1. Re:Moving out by SonicRED · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    -5 dumbest joke ever. Way to try the karma whoring out though, I really think with a few more explanation points you'd be +5 for sure. Next time try combining the two points of your idiotic statement/joke into one. ie.

    A carrier pigeon in the hand is worth two in George Bush's insane American regime. Hooray fanaticism!

  2. Misread... by WetCat · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I mistakenly read the title as
    Hollywood Massages Aussie ISPs Over Movie Downloading