Six Months And Still No ISPs Officially Signed Up On The RIAA's Program
from the so-now-what? dept
Six months ago, you may recall, the RIAA announced that it was shifting its strategies away from suing individuals (though, it would and has continued to sue some) towards working with ISPs to kick file sharers off the internet via a three strikes policy (the industry prefers "graduated response"). However, no one could find any ISPs who had agreed to it, despite rumors that Comcast and AT&T were onboard. Yet, when later comments made people think that AT&T had agreed to such a plan, AT&T issued a denial, claiming that it was not working with the RIAA in that way. Now, Greg Sandoval points out that there still aren't any ISPs officially signed on. Among the interesting nuggets in the article is the report that the RIAA thought it could pressure ISPs into signing up by having NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo take their side. The only problem? The ISPs know that there's absolutely no legal angle that could force them into a 3 strikes policy, so Cuomo has no power to do anything. So, basically, for now not much has changed. The RIAA (post-layoffs) is still conducting lawsuits (though, fewer of them) and is hoping to push ISPs into agreeing to a plan most ISPs recognize would piss off most of their customers. But, of course, never count the RIAA out. For too long, they've shown that when they're stopped at one door, they've already been planning for many months to sneak in through one of many backdoors.![Hide This Hide this](https://ii.techdirt.com/s/t/i/topclose.png)
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Spitzer Swallow
And now we have a guy who goes after citizens at the behest of big business like RIAA. Who wants to put spyware on people's PCs, wants to grandstand for busting up porn on the web, and who believes in abusing his position of power to make threats on Internet companies (Craigslist) so that he can grandstand and get the photo ops...for the kids.
Great trade. Human sexuality is a subject of great shame, but corporate malfeasance is just OK.
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Doesn't this describe lascivious men in general?
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YES! PERFECT! I usually need a paragraph to say what you accomplish in 16 words!
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Re: Spitzer Swallow
I'm mostly ok w/that statement, except for the sake of correctness, Spitzer wasn't given the boot, he resigned. He could have fought if he wanted to.
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Those words are copyright, don't you dare repeat them :).
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Eagerly awaiting
They needed to adapt or die.
They are continually choosing the death route, which I am happy they have chosen so far.
Hopefully with their waning power they cannot make things much worse before they are out.
Technology advances, and nobody should stop it.
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Perhaps, but I struggle with understanding the time line and the apparent high-level request to look into his private life leading up to his resignation. If you recall, prior to his resignation, the man had committed no crime, in fact the very opposite- he was a prosecutor. It seems someone went on a fishing expedition of his and his family's finances, looking for dirt that would stick to him.
Remember, Spitzer wielded a lot of power particularly after his office headed up the USA vs Microsoft antitrust case. Why that was never reported by MSM was baffling.
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realpolitik
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CATV Services
What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty. Or if you believe I actually did something wrong turn it over to police & da.
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Me too, as long as I can get email there.
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Soliciting prostitution isn't a crime?
"Remember, Spitzer wielded a lot of power particularly after his office headed up the USA vs Microsoft antitrust case."
That IS interesting; I hadn't heard that before. The point I always here, and make, is that Spitzer was a vehement supporter of Hillary Clinton, and lost his Super Delegate vote due to the scandal.
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