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A very sordid little affair has broken out in the US, where a network and ISP is being sued by a porn industry collective for refusing to hand over the details of torrent users it claims are guilty of pirating adult movies.
US network Verizon is trying to do the right thing. It claims that court subpoenas asking it to reveal the details of those suspected of file sharing over the network breaches the privacy of the users involved, a stance that’s angering copyright holders who say this is tantamount to the network shielding pirates in order to keep its user base happy.
Now a group of adult film publishers have filed a case asking Verizon to be found guilty of contempt of court for failing to comply with requests to hand over user data, claiming the network is using its might to resist court cases that smaller networks would be unable to fight. [TorrentFreak]
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Hats off here. This is what all ISPs should be doing. After all, it’s in their best interest to support its users.
What the ISP’s should do, is just purge their IP records every couple of days.
Good idea, hope it catches on
I think by law they have to keep them? At least in this country.
Well “I can’t remember the password” is a valid excuse regarding encryption passwords.
I thought Kat promised us no stories about Verizon??
Only Kidding, i know this makes sense to publish and is of relevance, i’m just observing my religious practices and the holy day of Bitch Tuesday.
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