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MPAA Shuts Down Town's Municipal WiFi Over 1 Download

Posted by timothy on from the so-you're-sure-you-want-gov't-run-wifi? dept.

nam37 writes with this BoingBoing snippet "The MPAA has successfully shut down an entire town's municipal WiFi because a single user was found to be downloading a copyrighted movie. Rather than being embarrassed by this gross example of collective punishment (a practice outlawed in the Geneva conventions) against Coshocton, OH, the MPAA's spokeslizard took the opportunity to cry poor (even though the studios are bringing in record box-office and aftermarket receipts)."

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  1. Re:There must be something more by TechnoGrl · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Cory Doctroll strikes again.

    By the way, if you ever want to see some SERIOUS censorship - just get a BoingBoing account and mention something about the great work Violet Blue is doing for the sex positive community these days. Or mention anything at all negative about one of BB's sponsors. You'll be shut down faster than Sarah Conner at a Terminator class reunion.

    George Orwell wept - Jesus just laughed.

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