MPAA Kills Town's WiFi Over One Movie Download

[exfileme]

The MPAA shut down a town's WiFi thanks to one downloader.

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[leafblower29]

Overreact much?

 

[the_krasno]

How did they track him? Hacking or using some sort of privacy breaching method. Fuck them hypocrites.

 

[Montezuma]

Now, just wait one goddamn minute. How can some bullshit corporation have more authority than a local government? The local government needs to tell the ISP to deal with the "illegal" download and turn the internet connection back on.

They also do not need to run a filter; they just need to force people to sign up for a log in and attach all sites visited to the username log. If a complaint comes in, then the government needs to contact the owner of that username and deal with that particular user(if they can prove that that user actually downloaded the digital item).

The MPAA and Sony have stepped well outside of their bounds of power and our governments need to reign in these corporations.

P.S.
Tom's really needs to proofread their articles before they post them.

 

[Onyx2291]

Bad luck... That sucks to be there. I don't think it should have terminated the entire place..

 

[djcoolmasterx]

The year is 2065, Squads of MPAA kill droids patrol the ruined streets while RIAA attack helicopters swarm overhead ready to open fire on any detected copyright infringers.

 

[CoderDunn]

Lame. Kind of like banning the use of steak knives from a restaurant because one person got mad and stabbed somebody.

 

[The_Blood_Raven]

This is why I think we should put the entire MPAA and RIAA in front of a firing squad and unload a lot of shells.

 

[mr_tuel]

doesn't open dns block p2p traffic?

 

[ccstooge]

This smells of IT personnel who know nothing of how to control internet traffic.

Also, +1 on the proofreading sucking. I'm sure the "country" has $4900 to use for filtering, maybe the county doesn't - but in that case get a good f'ing firewall that you can block ports on! Needless to say you can get wireless firewalls that can block that for far less total and per year - idiots.

 

[gravitygirl]

So the MPAA is having too much trouble finding and tracking the offending person who actually committed the crime so they are allowed to tear up the public road the criminal used to get away?

This is definitely messed up.

 

[michaelahess]

They just need to throw untangle on their network. Oh and tell the MPAA to get the f'k out of their town.

 

[Guest]

BOT + ipcop = open ports for email, http(s), and vpn. donate money to creators of ipcop and bot

 

[welshmousepk]

next week:

a twinkie was stolen from wal-mart, so the they cut of the food and water supply to all surrounding villages to teach them a lesson.

seriously, how do they have the right to do that?

 

[dokk2]

Ahhmmm, I'm a not a yank so I could be wrong ,but I smell a 1st Amendment violation here.
And remember you Yankees it is UNALENIABLE rights,, not inalienable,,which means that you cannot give away your rights,,NOR can they be taken away the Constitution does not give that power to congress
:::See Patriot act 1&2...

 

[Manos]

Son y is responsible for taking down a whole town's WiFi in order to stop a user from downloading a movie of theirs..? lmfao how freaking retarded are they? And ofc noone will even react to Sony. Suckups. Oh well., if they dont tell Sony off in odert o not be ruining it for them , then deal with it. Its a 2 way.

 

[anamaniac]

I love the idea of a state sponsored wireless connection in a city. I wouldn't expect much for speed, but enough for average usage.
To take that away is wrong.
Just like Time Warner Cable complaining it couldn't compete against a city sponsored fiber optic program...

 

[delayedreaction]

What exactly is this going to prove? One person goes astray and everyone suffers for it. A simple warning would have been enough.

 

[liemfukliang]

Unless there has been somekind of EULA than this is just the same as:
I am a killer, kill a guy. The family victim trace the killer. The police find out that I am the killer is live at Washington DC. I am proved using 1'st degree planning murder. SO ALL PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON DC WILL BE KILL INCLUDING ME AS A PUNISHMENT =)).

 

[pender21]

Somebody should terminate the MPAA instead.