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AT&T Has Begun Issuing RIAA Takedown Notices
suraj.sun writes with this excerpt from CNet:
"AT&T, one of the nation's largest Internet service providers, confirmed on Tuesday the company is working with the recording industry to combat illegal file sharing. At a digital music conference in Nashville, Jim Cicconi, a senior executive for AT&T told the audience that the ISP has begun issuing takedown notices to people accused of pirating music by the Recording Industry Association of America, according to one music industry insider who was present. In December, the RIAA, the lobbying group of the four largest recording companies, announced the group would no longer pursue an antipiracy strategy that focused on suing individuals, but rather would seek the help of broadband providers to stem the flow of pirated content. The RIAA said an undisclosed number of ISPs had agreed to cooperate but declined to name them. This is important because the RIAA has said that repeat offenders faced the possibility of losing service — at least temporarily — as part of the music industry's 'graduated response' plan."
And no recourse.
And I, for one, welcome our new telecommunications overlords. I'd like to remind them that, as a long-time member of /., I can be valuable in helping them round up violators to slave in their fiber-optic tunnels.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
we're talking about Comcast/Verizon here
No we are talking about AT&T. You didn't even have to RTFA to see that. Look at the title, or hell the first word in the snippit
I do not support "The Man". I also do not support your irrational stupidity
The bully keeps hitting you in the face and you complain. When the bully starts to slap you, it doesn't hurt so much, so you're willing to take it. Problem is, both are wrong, and you shouldn't be allowing either in the first place.
The bully just so happens to play the flute, and makes a little money by selling recordings of him playing. He's punching you in the face because you might have bought a recording, might not, but you're giving it out copies of it for free.
We can all make dumb analogies. I'm just surprised you didn't include a car in there.
Finally had enough. Come see us over at https://soylentnews.org/
Well, that seems OK. Everyone line up for their 3-wheeled plastic car accident. The RIAA does it because deep down, it loves you.
The bully just so happens to play the flute, and makes a little money by selling recordings of him playing.
The bully is Ian Anderson?
Bob tells the entire world that he's got the latest Pirates of the Caribbean and is going to let anyone download it.
Bob has Pirates of the Caribbean? Nice! Any idea how I can get ahold of him? Also, fuck Eve, why does that stupid bitch have to ruin everything? I've been trying to find that movie for awhile!
Hey! Watch what you're saying! Stop maligning pitbulls. ;)
I prefer rogues to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.
Sneakernet meets Limewire on a terabyte scale??
I prefer rogues to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.