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Charter Cable Sues To Quash RIAA Subpoenas
mattOzan writes "Charter Communications, the third largest cable provider in the United States, has filed a motion in St. Louis, Missouri, to block the RIAA's requests for the identities of about 150 Charter customers in the St. Louis area. In the over 1100 subpoenas that have been issued so far, Charter claims they are the only major ISP that has not provided the RIAA with 'a single datum of information.'"
TEH CAWK, and TEH SPOKE!
Wait, what am I missing? I A Obviously N A L, but I didn't think a private company could issue a subpoena. Is there something that I'm missing? And hoorah to Charter Communications for fighting this rediculousness.
I got a +5, Troll
GO LINUX!
And with interests in more than 100 other world-class enterprises and investments dedicated to improving the way people live, learn, do business, and experience the world, he and his portfolio companies are creating a Wired World.
Gagh!
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
I think RIAA subpeonas are the least of their problems. They don't have to worry about P2P if none of their customers can stay connected for more than 10 minutes. Why do cable modems, and especially Charter, suck so badly?
Apple caters to more tech savvy people? Surely you have completely lost it. Apple macs the most idiot proof operating systems for the most ignorant users on the planet. I mean come on. Yes there are mac power users like every other arena, but the average mac user barely undersands the concept of mouse. The average mac using professional knows alot about
video and STILL barely understands the concept of the mouse. In general mac users start out computer stupid just like pc users, the difference is that pc users have to start learning more about their computer to keep it running properly. mac's are designed (successfully) to keep the user from ever needing to know a single thing about their machine, and thus they generally don't.