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Comcast Sued For Giving Customer Info to RIAA

Posted by Zonk on from the should-have-thought-about-that dept.

maczealot writes "The first legal missile has been fired at ISP collaboration. Comcast, the top U.S. cable TV network operator, is being sued by a Seattle-area woman for disclosing her name and contact information, court records showed Thursday." From the article: "...no court authorized Comcast to release names and addresses of its customers, or notified his client that her information had been given to an outside party..."

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  1. Seattle area people really care about privacy by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Seriously, I've noticed in the red states you guys don't seem to get upset by this much, but in this region of the US, it's something people get really passionate about.

    Just because Comcast is the ISP here doesn't mean that her concerns about publishing her data aren't important - or more highly valued than the corporate greedfest that is Comcast.

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  2. Only in America by geekee · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    do you see guilty people sue when they get caught. Reminds me of when a burglar sues because he injured himself on your property.

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  3. Yey, lets send all these cases through the system by geekee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    because courts aren't overcrowded enough and I don't pay enough in taxes yet to pay for the court system. I want more lawsuits filed by guilty people who want to blame someone else for their problems. I love America.

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