Comcast likely to be punished for tempering with internet usage
Federal Communications Commission members have casted their votes and they are in favor of punishing the internet service provider Comcast for tempering with the internet usage of their customers.
Comcast has been found in violation with agency principles that guarantee customers open access to the Internet.
They are [...]
Comcast could be punished for manipulating with internet traffic
Federal Communications Commission has recommended that the internet service provider Comcast should be punished for tempering with the internet access of their customers.
Comcast admitted that they tempered with p2p downloads on their network to prevent a complete meltdown of their network.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said [...]
OCN in Japan to limit uploads by their customers
NTT Communications has announced that their OCN unit would implement a daily upload limit of 30 GB starting August this year.
The company said that the customers who break this limit would first be warned about it.
If they continue to cross this limit, their access would be [...]
TorrentSpy.com told to pay $111 million to media companies
Motion Picture Association of America has now won a major lawsuit against the torrent search engine service TorrentSpy.com.
Incidentally, TorrentSpy has already closed their operations.
The service has been told to pay $30,000 per violation for nearly 3,700 illegal movies and TV show downloads.
MPAA said that this judgment would [...]
Demonoid is back online!
The popular BitTorrent service Demonoid is back online.
The service has been down since the last couple of months after it faced legal pressures in the country it was hosted.
The administrator of the service recently handled over the charge to another member who is now managing the service.
A message on the service stated:
The [...]
Comcast to remove file sharing control mechanisms
Comcast Corp. has now said that they would collaborate with BitTorrent to improve file sharing on their networks.
The internet service provider has been under a lot of pressure after it was revealed that they were tempering with some forms of internet traffic.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin spoke about this new [...]
UK want laws to punish ISPs to allow illegal file sharing
UK government has said that they want to enact laws in the country which would require the internet service providers in the region to block sharing of illegal files on their networks.
They are for now considering statutory solutions to stop internet piracy in the country [...]
Complaint filed against Comcast for P2P service blockage
SavetheInternet.com coalition and several academics have now filed a complaint against the Internet service provider Comcast with the Federal Communications Commission.
Comcast has been accused of blocking p2p services for their customers though the company had recently denied the reports in the market.
The FCC has been asked to force [...]
Comcast admits that they delay some form of net connectivity
Associated Press had recently run a story on their tests which somewhat showed that the internet service provider Comcast was blocking/delaying internet access to P2P services.
The company has now admitted that some form of internet connectivity is indeed delayed depending upon the internet traffic at that [...]
Recording Industry Association of America now targeting Usenet
The RIAA has become infamous for their lawsuits in the US market targeting web users who share or download pirated media from the internet.
They are now targeting Usenet services with the similar aim of hitting the sources where such media is easily accessible.
Usenet is however not a centralized [...]
