[ale] Comcast getting fed up

[Jim Kinney]

I'm wondering if the flood of lawsuits in this is related to the inevitable
IPv6 transition. Once that occurs, the ability to drop a suit based on IP
will be moot as IPv6 supports a version of dhcp that anonomizes
automatically. :-)

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Jay Lozier <jslozier at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 06/13/2012 11:47 AM, Brian Mathis wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Jay Lozier <jslozier at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> The following link is to a story of Torrentfreak. Comcast is apparently
> >> beginning to refuse to obey RIAA/MPAA/etc. subpoenas and is challenging
> >> them as essentially extortion by the various plaintiffs.
> >>
> >>
> http://torrentfreak.com/comcast-protests-shake-down-of-alleged-bittorrent-pirates-120612/
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jay Lozier
> >> jslozier at gmail.com
> >
> > Boy, sometimes you have to hate them, other times you have to love them.
> >
> > ❧ Brian Mathis
> From what I have been reading, Verizon usually wins when they challenge
> the subpoenas. Also, some judges have ruled that the IP address does not
> mean the account holder is automatically the guilty party. One judge
> listed 6 reasons for his ruling thus indicating suing the account holder
> successfully would require more evidence of guilt than just matching an
> IP address to an account holder.
> >
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