Judge Rules ISP’s Not Obligated To Reveal Customers Who Use Online File-Sharing Services

A federal court in Georgia has quashed a broad DMCA subpoena which required local Internet provider CBeyond to reveal the identities of alleged BitTorrent pirates. The magistrate judge ruled that ISPs don’t have to hand over personal information as they are not storing any infringing material themselves.

Torrent Freak
By Torrent Freak

Hired by prominent clients such as Warner Bros. and BMG, Rightscorp began sending DMCA subpoenas to dozens of smaller local ISPs in the United States last year. Unlike regular subpoenas these are not reviewed by a judge and only require a signature from the court clerk. This practice is questionable because these type of subpoenas are generally

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Indian Government Orders Internet Providers To Block Vimeo, GitHub, 30 Other Websites

The government of India has a relatively long history of trying to censor content and websites that goes against the wishes of the state.

Carey Wedler
By Carey Wedler

(ANTIMEDIA) Censorship laws recently allowed the government of India to request that the country’s ISPs (internet service providers) block access to Vimeo, GitHub, and about 30 other large websites. The government of India has a relatively long history of trying to censor content and websites that goes against the wishes of the state,  possibly

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Secretive Netflix-Comcast Deal Destroys Promise Of Net Neutrality

Arrangement allows Comcast to charge Netflix in exchange for preferential access to its network, undermining key ‘net neutrality’ principle

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally
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A secretive deal between cable giant Comcast and the video streaming company Netflix is being slammed by consumer watchdog and media groups for formalizing the idea that large, deep-pocketed content providers can pay internet service providers (ISPs) in order to receive special treatment on their networks. Announced on Sunday, the deal will give

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FCC Proposes Toothless Rules In Fight For Net Neutrality

“Give the statement a speed-read and you might think the agency is moving in the right direction. There are some great buzzwords in there,” she writes. “But all this announcement does is kick the can down the road — the wrong road.”

Jacob Chamberlain
By Jacob Chamberlain
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Following an announcement by the Federal Communications Commission that it will issue new rules in the coming months to protect an open internet, communications advocates are crying foul, saying the FCC's promises are largely toothless and the agency has the power to do far more. The FCC announcement follows a ruling in a federal court last

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Could 40 Million Angry Netflix Users Help Save Net Neutrality?

Popular streaming video service threatens to mobilize its customers against telecom assault on open internet

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally

The online video streaming company Netflix—which this week surpassed business world expectations by announcing a surge in viewership with paying membership close to 40 million U.S. customers—may seem like an unlikely ally to grassroots activists and progressive organizations fighting against the nation's largest telecommunications companies in the

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