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File-sharing and AOL

Posted by timothy on from the close-your-eyes-for-10-seconds dept.

Andrew Leonard writes "Farhad Manjoo's cover story in Salon today, on AOL's refusal to take a stand on the RIAA's (so far) successful attempt to get subscriber information from Verizon, is a detailed look at the most important battle in the file-sharing world right now."

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  1. One question about this article by goldspider · · Score: 1, Troll
    "Farhad Manjoo's cover story in Salon today, on AOL's refusal to take a stand on the RIAA's (so far) successful attempt to get subscriber information from Verizon."

    So is this just another non-news story about nothing? I can understand posting a story when AOL does have a stance, but how is this more than just filler?

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  2. Re:Was that my IP? by Masami+Eiri · · Score: 0, Troll

    Except that letters aren't digits.

  3. An international parallel by Faust7 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Note that once the RIAA has your name, is still must make its case you broke the rules.

    Rather like Bush, the UN, and Iraq, no?

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