Comments on: Comcast Labels Innocent Customer a Movie Pirate

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:53:29 +0000

I got a letter the other day from my ISP provider stating that i had a long list of copyright downloads. now i have downloaded stuff before but never by this isp and that was years ago. the funny thing is not only had i not downloaded any of this on this list but out from it ..it states 0mb/gb downloaded?

Im at a loss and only was able to laugh..but hey if im going to be blamed for something i did not do..then im start doing it why not im catching the blame anyways.

By: alpha

alpha — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:32:57 +0000

Because some of us have no other high speed alternatives. I'm actually in the process of trying to get my building to switch over to Verizon, but it's going to be a long process, as it involves them coming in and installing fiber optic everywhere. It's hard to boycott a company when they're the only one.

By: John

John — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:55:31 +0000

Roze I like where your coming from but you have a naive rose coloured view of how the system really works..You talk like a layman's lawyer but I think you've been reading the acceptable mainstream books..Then you regurgitate the party line.If you think of yourself as a sovereign person please explain what assumed surrender is please.And what a sovereign person has in common with the IRS.

By: CONcast

CONcast — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:44:19 +0000

COMCAST must be destoryed as a company. DO NOT GIVE THESE BASTARDS YOUR BUSINESS IF YOU DONT HAVE TO!

By: petergrippin

petergrippin — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:11:58 +0000

isn't comcast committing invasion of privacy, well with as much i pay for there service i will definitely drop them if i get any letters and find a new isp and i will do the same for my whole family and friends i guess comcast is on top of the hill and the only place for them to go is down its only natural kinda like gravity lol.

By: pat944

pat944 — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:10:33 +0000

By: Jim Wood

Jim Wood — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:07:44 +0000

Deeeeo breath, there.

It is a democratic republic. The poster said nothing incorrect. Democracy, no. Democratic yes. Is this too difficult to understand?

By: FUCK the RIAA/MPAA!

FUCK the RIAA/MPAA! — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:15:48 +0000

Their just desperate cause they know if they dont do this, then their going to have to upgrade their networks which they dont want to do.

By: Master Apple

Master Apple — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:47:12 +0000

This is utter bull. It's happened to me, and I'm still paying for COMCAST internet.
They've got some stupid crud every time I try to connect to internet "If you'd like COMCAST internet, please click here for payment methods".
-_-;

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Broadband Bytes: January 24-30, 2009 » Free UTOPIA! — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:50:29 +0000

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By: Roze

Roze — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:31:04 +0000

"Republic" is a noun, not an adjective. As such, a government cannot be republic, but it can be a republic. The United States is a republic. "Democratic" is an adjective. It is also a democratic form of government. It is not a democracy, but it is democratic. For a government to be democratic means for the people to be sovereign. You do not have to be so anti-dictionary, you know.

By: Roze

Roze — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:29:49 +0000

"Republic" is a noun. As such, a government cannot be republic, but it can be a republic. The United States is a republic. "Democratic" is an adjective. It is also a democratic form of government. It is not a democracy, but it is democratic. For a government to be democratic means for the people to be sovereign. You do not have to be so anti-dictionary, you know.

By: Random...

Random... — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:25:43 +0000

The US has a REPUBLIC government. REPUBLIC!!!. Get it right. Look it up! There is a difference.

By: Random...

Random... — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:21:52 +0000

The US has a REPUBLIC government. REPUBLIC!!!. Get it right. Look it up There is a difference.
http://www.thisnation.com/question/011.html“target=”_blank”>http://http://www.thisnation.com/question/011.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
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By: Me?

Me? — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:43:35 +0000

Ok, so Cadillac Records it is!

Thanks RIAA you keep giving me advice on what to get! I love you RIAA *sarcasm*

By: Roze

Roze — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:16:09 +0000

Money would be needed for such an advocacy campaign. I doubt that any of us here have the vast amounts of money to do so, whereas the RIAA &c. has tons of money. I think that, in order to have the money necessary, somebody, like myself or somebody else, should start an advocacy organization, so that everybody could donate to this organization, so that there could be enough money.

By: magic_pants

magic_pants — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:09:42 +0000

Agreed, although it will be difficult.

By: JK Scheinberg

JK Scheinberg — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:47:09 +0000

I brought up Tor on my linux box and the next day my ISP got a takedown notice traced to my IP that I had bittorrented some movie I never heard of. Sadly, even though it is completely legal and in widespread use, I decided to stop running Tor rather than fight the sure to continue flood of bogus notices its use generates. I'm actually pretty pissed about that too.

By: Piguglyness

Piguglyness — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:27:30 +0000

Mobiles ok in citys & towns. Not much good if you live in the sticks like i do. No network coverage here mate…No landline = no phone.

By: Roze

Roze — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:07:36 +0000

The first time the Patriot Act was passed, it was without the attention of the public. When it came to the attention of the public, not everybody was opposed to it, which is why it did not become repealed immediately. It is definitely not a case of some tyrannical interest overcoming the public opinion.

The "war" also is not a case of tyrannical interest overcoming the public opinion. The fact is, not everybody in the United States has opposed the "war." At least parts of the public opinion has approved of the war, and more in the past.

By: Roze

Roze — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:06:41 +0000

The "war" also is not a case of tyrannical interesting overcoming the public opinion. The fact is, not everybody in the United States has opposed the "war." At least parts of the public opinion has approved of the war, and more in the past.

By: Roze

Roze — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:01:56 +0000

Well, even if it is so, it is only because it has escaped the public attention. After all, why is it "well hidden" in the first place? It means that it would only work if the public was unaware of it. If people are against the laws that the RIAA/MPAA has gotten passed through bribery, then they can be repealed, and no hidden bribery can oppose the public opinion.

By: rhf

rhf — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:01:15 +0000

I'm sure stuff like the Patriot Act allows complete transparency in regards to the running of a government while in war, Ohh wait, America has been in war for a long time.

By: RazeTheWorld » Blog Archive » comcast at it agian

RazeTheWorld » Blog Archive » comcast at it agian — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:59:33 +0000

[...] As we have reported many times before, gathering evidence against copyright infringers is not an exact science. Most recently, Comcast sent out an infringement notice to an innocent subscriber because their administration was not up-to-dateDave Satz wrote in to inform us that one of his friends was served with a DMCA takedown notice a few weeks ago. His friend, John Aprigliano, had allegedly downloaded a CAM release of “Cadillac Records”, without ever having heard of the movie. Although these takedown notices are just a formality and intended to scare the recipient, John decided to contact his ISP and ask for clarification. [...]

By: rhf

rhf — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:59:11 +0000

Why don't you come up with evidence that the RIAA/MPAA has had their laws passed through bribery instead of spewing these unsupported assertions?

Try and find the paper trail of bribery.. generally it's pretty well hidden.

By: Roze

Roze — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:47:25 +0000

It is a fascist dictatorship? Are you saying that it is like Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, North Korea, Zimbabwe, China, Burma, &c.? That is ridiculous.

Look at the tobacco industry. Lobbyists are not omnipotent.

By: Roze

Roze — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:45:25 +0000

It is a fascist dictatorship? Are you saying that it is like Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, North Korea, Zimbabwe, or any of those countries? That is ridiculous.

Look at the tobacco industry. Lobbyists are not omnipotent.

By: BLanK

BLanK — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:54:18 +0000

Thats why we all carry Cell Phones. Who uses a Land Line anymore???

By: ALIS

ALIS — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:21:26 +0000

I agree, telling people to vote isn't gonna do anything. Even if every person that pirates alot of stuff starts voting and trying to pass legislations it wont do shit. First of all there aren't enough people that care and like rhf said, most of the democratic world runs on MONEY not voting. How do you think the RIAA/MPAA got their power to make laws and disconnect anyone they want from the internet? It's wery simple, they have alot of money, they didn't vote for their power, THEY BOUGHT IT.

By: CHRoNoSS

CHRoNoSS — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:08:29 +0000

so like i said before lets have the three strikes law and here's a scene that happened to me that COULD happen to you:

you pay your phone bill ( needed to get dsl ) and then they cut it off ( they say someone in area got sympatico highspeed but lets say they label me a pirate and i get my 3rd strike out i go, or as hollywood will eventually get a 1 strike law.

Then walking home before i know this i get bruttally attacked and leaving a trail a blood 500 feet, i manage to get to my home and thinking i can call an ambulance i can't , i pass out and bleed to death. Sound like fantasy. NO. This happened except i didn't die, i managed still to get internet on that line and emailed 500 miles away and thank you teksavvy i got an ambulance while it was 4 hrs late , that shows you if i had not that internet , i may have died.

Thank you bell Canada for wanting to give someone else in my area highspeed internet( that's what the bell guy said after arriving here and switching my line to a poorer speed one too ).

So when anyone here tries to justify these things remember this is whats going to happen when you have a telephone involved. SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE SO HOLLYWOOD CAN GET A DOLLAR. Now that's entertainment.

By: magic_pants

magic_pants — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:34:40 +0000

Yes, legislation can be passed to stop this, but I don't see it happening anytime soon. Legislation got the US the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Also, I don't see a very large public outcry over this outside of the BitTorrent community. Most people I know in real life are staunchly against the use of BitTorrent. I'm pretty sure that ISPs are getting more pressure from the MPAA than they are from BitTorrent users. I would love it if the general pressure was the other way around, but it seems unlikely in the current climate.

By: Sketch

Sketch — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:19:45 +0000

yep, there are plenty of other options rather than comcast, they suck anyways. 0 customers will surely teach them a lesson.

By: RoestVrijStaal

RoestVrijStaal — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:18:18 +0000

Just let Comcast do what they want do. When their numbers of consumers is zero, they know why the numbers is so low ;-) xD

By: emmesbe

emmesbe — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:50:50 +0000

hmm, thinking about this here, and i can see it from both sides, but isn't the customer always right? and usually, if us customers dont get what we want, we go somewhere else. so if comcast wants to join hands with the RIAA, they would be signing their own contract for money loss.

seriously though… with all of the media options available these days, like digital cable, and on demand, and tivo, etc… people are still paying an arm and a leg to get access to these, so technically, everyone is still making their money… but no… as i look on other websites, i see that people can't even call someone a douchebag on a blog without the possibility of going to court over it?

freedom of speech, and keep it all free man!

By: rhf

rhf — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:59:17 +0000

Roze your repeated use of the word "Supreme" is becoming tiresome. Also, America runs on money, not votes, bribery is how the show runs out there, and in most "democratic" scenarios.

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Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:37:08 +0000

Oh, shit. I hope AT&T and Comcast really do team up with the RIAA.

That way, we can watch the whole "graduated response" bullshit vanish overnight as thousands of innocent people are sent DMCA takedown notices for downloading game demos, Linux distros, and of course, a fuckton of assorted things they never even actually downloaded.

Fingers crossed, RIAA.

Come on, baby! Dig that grave faster!

By: Goon of Goons.

Goon of Goons. — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:29:46 +0000

peerguardian doesn't matter anymore. The blocklists don't actually block the bad guys.

By: Roze

Roze — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:13:05 +0000

Then, what needs to happen is an advocacy campaign to turn the public opinion around. If the public opinion is not on our side, then it needs to be, because it is most important. The public opinion and the vote is final and absolute, because it is sovereign. Once the public opinion is secured, then all the bad things that the industry and the RIAA &c. has done so far, can be reversed.

By: Roze

Roze — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:09:30 +0000

The public opinion is sovereign, but it does not mean that "my own opinion is sovereign." Merely because you think one way, it does not mean that the public opinion is the same.

By: Roze

Roze — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:55:05 +0000

How do you think the RIAA/MPAA got their power to make laws and disconnect anyone they want from the internet?
That could only work when there is no significant opposition to it. As of now, there is no political opposition to this, none whatsoever.

The real reason why they have gotten their power is because the public has (or at least in the past) approved of what the RIAA/MPAA is doing. It is true that most people probably disapprove of the methods of the RIAA, but many people do support the illegality of the sharing of copyrighted content in the first place. According to a Gallup Poll, about 47% of people think that sharing of copyrighted content should be illegal, whereas 45% think that it should be legal. The vote (and thus, the public opinion) is indeed sovereign.

Why don't you come up with evidence that the RIAA/MPAA has had their laws passed through bribery instead of spewing these unsupported assertions?

By: Roze

Roze — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:54:53 +0000

America does run on votes, not money. Bribery can only go so far in the United States. Look at the tobacco industry, and you will see how the United States runs on votes, not money. The United States is not Zimbabwe, nor is it China, nor is it any other place like that. It is democratic. Is there any evidence that it runs on money? If not, then all you are stating is pure speculation that has no relevance to reality. In the United States, the public opinion is indeed sovereign.

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By: Some guy

Some guy — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:21:30 +0000

daronk where you useing peerguardan im wondering if it even maters anymore? :(

By: x86-64

x86-64 — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:37:24 +0000

You obviously don't live in the US. Lobbyists (money) are what gets a law passed or dropped and there are almost none working on behalf of We The People. It's not simply because the people are for or against it. The people are against criminalization of medical marijuana yet the laws persist. People are against the IRS taxing every god damn thing yet we still must pay an income tax. I could go on and on.

In theory the US is a Democracy, in practice and behind the curtain it's a fascist dictatorship with a bit of corporate welfaresocialism.

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By: Roze

Roze — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:35:18 +0000

Hassles and legal issues of what? Defending themselves from the industry? Perhaps there ought to be an organization to offer free legal defense to everyone to whom legal action is brought against by the RIAA.

If, however, you speak of voting, there are no legal issues of voting. The RIAA cannot get you for voting for a pro-sharing representative, because there is something called the secret ballot.

By: GreenTeaa

GreenTeaa — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:31:29 +0000

Will anyone even stand up and defend for themselves?

I can see them being too intimidated by the hassles and by the legal issues.