Comments on: ISP Cox: RIAA, MPAA copyright cop

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:50:10 +0000

I wish I had Cox so I could cancel it!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:02:54 +0000

being cox customer i see all the time even downloading driver update file slows down after first few MB to dial-up speed. intersting to see them in biggest lobbiest line to our gov too!
-it’s time to look alternative connections to www.

By: Henry Emrich

Henry Emrich — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:00:03 +0000

The only answer to this is:

1. Drastic reduction in copyright terms in order to reinstate the public domain. 5 years, NO renewals, and MANDATORY, very expensive registration and filing fees oughta do the trick. That way, the vast majority of “content” will be freed up for re-use or distribution.

2. Widespread recognition that copyright is NOT a “right” in the usual sense of the term — but merely a State-enforced privilege intended to advance “science and the useful arts”.

3. Complete and total boycott of Cox communications and mass migration of their existing user-base to other providers. If there’s no other providers in a given region, someone should create a nonprofit, 501c3 corporation to offer the competition upon which a genuinely “free” market depends.

None of this will actually happen, of course, but hey…..

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:00:18 +0000

It’s no coincidence that cox sells it’s own content. Why would they compete with free when they can ban the competition? It doesn’t take a genius to work out their motives on this subject.

Now the real question: Is this legal? the european commission evidently feels that it isn’t. Disconnecting or impeding connectivity without legal due process sounds like a class action waiting to happen.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:53:45 +0000

We need a CORPORATE “three-strikes rule”, i.e. after a corporation files three false copyright infingement claims, its offices are disconnected from the internet.

Unfortunately, there is no mechanism to keep these companies away from the internet, as “harmful entities”.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:44:12 +0000

I find it ridiculous that one can be denied service because another company accuses them of doing something.

I also believe that this will lead towards lawsuits as soon as someone is denied service because of bogus claims (probably supported by the EFF and other groups). With this, in theory one could get any Cox customer off the internet by simply knowing what IP address they use. Lets say a moderator on a forum (or anyone else who has access to someone’s IP address) is unhappy with a person posting and has their IP address thanks to their position, rather than just banning them from the forum, they could literally get them kicked off the internet with a few false claims.