Apparently their threats of not giving a damn about what the FCC said was a very poor idea and they were threatened in a way that scared the holy hell out of them. They decided to play nice with torrenting very fast to save face, while this is totally PR bullshit and disingenuous it does prove something went down in a corporate back room somewhere between them and the FCC.
Having known people that worked in the very IT department that received these letters i can say they obviously know who it was. This is an act of defiance and not an attempt at a subtle one. Given the attitude of most of the residents of Eugene this is not at all suprising and the university will most likely let them drag this through courts repeatedly before giving them what they want.
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In the last disagree mail but... When did slashdot become somethingawful?
Slashdot is now somethingawful.
Someone out there may be reading all of my spam without me knowing.
Apparently their threats of not giving a damn about what the FCC said was a very poor idea and they were threatened in a way that scared the holy hell out of them. They decided to play nice with torrenting very fast to save face, while this is totally PR bullshit and disingenuous it does prove something went down in a corporate back room somewhere between them and the FCC.
Pouring out a 40 of mountain dew for my dead homie.
Having known people that worked in the very IT department that received these letters i can say they obviously know who it was. This is an act of defiance and not an attempt at a subtle one. Given the attitude of most of the residents of Eugene this is not at all suprising and the university will most likely let them drag this through courts repeatedly before giving them what they want.
He's like a big...really big lost puppy who just wants love (and maybe steve jobs to stop breathing).
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