if you don't want an ISP/product with throttling you can simply choose another ISP/product. assuming that comcast didn't buy the only other competitor.
The government has just made this a monopoly and for some reason the gov't has liked it up until now. MS on the other hand, they don't like. Can someone explain why?
I read this somewhere once upon a time and I want to share.
Up until now ISPs have hidden under the common carrier defense when lawsuits come against them. These lawsuits range from child-porn to murder. They have been able to make this argument in courts because they don't filter content. Now with them filtering content, they can legally be held liable for the child-porn/bomb making instructions that somebody can access through their network.
Now the interesting part.
Since they are filtering all copyrighted material, all material that I can access has the blessing of the ISP for me to download. The ISP is saying, if you can download it on our network, then it isn't copyrighted. This means that we as subscribers could then sue the ISP for letting us download copyrighted material on the behalf of the copyright holder. Not only can we infringe on the copyright, but we can monetize on it now!
Also, it means we are no longer doing illegal things since the ISP is the infringer by allowing us to access the material.
Please filter your internet AT&T. I'll switch to your service from Comcast (the current filtering top dog) to you once you get your priorities straight.
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I read this somewhere once upon a time and I want to share.
Up until now ISPs have hidden under the common carrier defense when lawsuits come against them. These lawsuits range from child-porn to murder. They have been able to make this argument in courts because they don't filter content. Now with them filtering content, they can legally be held liable for the child-porn/bomb making instructions that somebody can access through their network.
Now the interesting part.
Since they are filtering all copyrighted material, all material that I can access has the blessing of the ISP for me to download. The ISP is saying, if you can download it on our network, then it isn't copyrighted. This means that we as subscribers could then sue the ISP for letting us download copyrighted material on the behalf of the copyright holder. Not only can we infringe on the copyright, but we can monetize on it now!
Also, it means we are no longer doing illegal things since the ISP is the infringer by allowing us to access the material.
Please filter your internet AT&T. I'll switch to your service from Comcast (the current filtering top dog) to you once you get your priorities straight.