In its lawsuits against hundreds of alleged BitTorrent users, book publisher John Wiley and Sons has met unexpected resistance from Internet provider Verizon. For a variety of reasons including privacy concerns, the ISP is refusing to comply with a subpoena which orders the company to hand over the personal details of subscribers who are accused of pirating “For Dummies” books.
A recent Net Neutrality proposal from Google and Verizon has dominated the news this week, with opponents claiming that the deal would kill Net Neutrality on wireless (cellular) networks. What hasn’t been mentioned thus far, however, is that BitTorrent and other types of evil traffic have already been banned for years by Verizon, AT&T and others.
The fact that The Piratebay Founders profit from ad revenues could mean that they are facing stricter laws in the upcoming court case. Piratebay founder Fredrik Neij said to Svenska Dagbladet on Wednesday: “If there is money left over, it will go to us who work at Pirate Bay as salaries” This could mean trouble [...]
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