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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)."

2 of 323 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Wasn't the MPAA who shut down the network by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Which I mean, given the circumstances - was probably the best course of action. If someone is doing something illegal on your public network, you better cut that off ASAP so that you aren't liable. And if the people clammer about how they don't have their internets, you can tell them that one of them ruined it for the rest of them.

  2. Maybe the the town should ... by Skapare · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... shut down all movie theatres.

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    now we need to go OSS in diesel cars