tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post951159844158952942..comments2023-12-14T18:17:52.957-08:00Comments on The Train Wreck Love Life: but the cuts are still open, they're starting to bleedEmilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-39104938884388853932010-04-07T17:25:10.276-07:002010-04-07T17:25:10.276-07:00Miss Kamenev,
Comcast (xFinity be damned, they...Miss Kamenev,<br /><br />Comcast (xFinity be damned, they're still Comcast) has expressly been going after those who use BitTorrent for years now. And on the basis of other peoples' rights, they have filed--or said they've filed--DMCA takedowns on those who torrent down films, whether or not those films are in the public domain.<br /><br />I know because two of my former roommates got such letters, from Comcast--one fellow for downloading EVERYTHING in the known universe, and the other for downloading a film from the 1930s that had, by accord and by her understanding, been in the public domain for at least ten years.<br /><br />But both of them used BitTorrent to do it. And Comcast has no qualms about scaring people with just enough truth to get them to stop doing what's not always illegal, anyway.<br /><br />I don't use BitTorrent, and weirdly, that's the only one they watch for--I <i>have</i> downloaded things that are not precisely legal to download, using another torrent program, and Comcast never said a word. So they're only throttling people they find using BitTorrent, specifically, as far as I know.<br /><br />Does that make what I did legal? No, though I have the intention to buy the DVDs for what I did download, and have deleted those files from my system. That's about all I can do to remain, in my view, legally compliant, if still culpable. (It's a hard road to hoe, being a media fan and an avid television watcher, without cable.)<br /><br />The <i>point</i> is, though, Comcast doesn't have legal standing to do what they're doing in the first place, but then, the FCC doesn't have much for legal standing, either.<br /><br />Though to reflect back to Miss Poindexter's point, I think the FCC abuses the power they <i>have;</i> I don't think I want them to be gifted <i>more</i> powers to be media despots.Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-11439814705371649522010-04-07T11:20:29.695-07:002010-04-07T11:20:29.695-07:00Hello ...
Thanks for the Neko referral.
As for t...Hello ...<br /><br />Thanks for the Neko referral.<br /><br />As for the FCC issue, Miss Poindexter is right - the FCC isn't trying to give control of the Internet to the incumbent telco/cable/ISP operators and corporations - Monday's decision in the appeals court denied the FCC the jurisdiction to 1) punish ComCast for alleged throttling of user traffic to prevent or slow down connections to BitTorrent and 2) exercise broad jurisdiction over broadband providers, which some fear may scuttle the National Broadband Plan as well as adoption of Net Neutrality principles.<br /><br />However, the Free Press petition IS a good one, in my opinion, because the FCC technically has the power to reclassify broadband services in a way that gives it jurisdiction over such providers, without having to go back to Congress for more legislation (which would take forever, be fought over).<br /><br />I could say more, but you really don't want 1.5 years of telecommunications law study splattered all over your nice clean blog, Miss Orr.Magdalena Kamenevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704815488913145647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-23090317503069240182010-04-07T09:25:17.742-07:002010-04-07T09:25:17.742-07:00Yay, fellow Neko, hello!! ^_^ Thanks so much for ...Yay, fellow Neko, hello!! ^_^ Thanks so much for the link to my blog...!! <br /><br />I agree with you, "grunge" is the last genre I prefer to dress in... (I'm usually found in anything from kimono to lovely fashion). But strangely, it seems to be what most of the kittehs on the grid seem to *think* constitutes Neko. And stores too...many of them literally call their "grunge" fashion outfits "Neko fashion." <br /><br />So I decided to challenge the mindset and wrote a fun story about this in another post (I don't wanna link to it cuz that'd be spammy, lol) but you can find it if you look for the story with the PINK photo on the home page... hehe... titled "Kawaii Neko vs Grunge Neko." For reading in your *spare* time. Right. hehe.<br /><br />Now as for that FCC ruling... THANKS for that link. I'm spreading it far and wide.<br /><br />Warmly,<br />StaciaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-80326337411070866682010-04-06T20:14:01.363-07:002010-04-06T20:14:01.363-07:00Damn, I wasn't aware of the court ruling. Must...Damn, I wasn't aware of the court ruling. Must look into the issue more deeply.<br /><br />Though writing Congress is never a bad idea. Whether or not they do anything about it, letting them know we have issues with the current decisions is never wrong.Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-31480322302275361172010-04-06T19:48:26.980-07:002010-04-06T19:48:26.980-07:00"There's something truly baffling going o..."There's something truly baffling going on at the FCC currently: they are contemplating handing over the internet as a whole to companies that will demand pay-or-don't-play compliance."<br /><br />Actually, no. The FCC decided to step in and prevent ISPs from doing just that, and a court has ruled that the FCC in fact has no power to do so. I don't see what writing the FCC to complain will accomplish. (If you want to complain to somebody, make it Congress, and tell them to explicitly grant the FCC more powers.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com