http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/motion-picture-association-of-america-shuts-down-entire-towns-wifi-over-single-download/ Internet Safety, Windows Updates, Internet News, and More Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:40:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/motion-picture-association-of-america-shuts-down-entire-towns-wifi-over-single-download/#comment-1151955 "gunner" Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:02:28 +0000 http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/?p=3167#comment-1151955 "Lamented Coshocton Commissioner Gary Fisher, 'It’s unfortunate that one person ruins it for those who use the service legitimately.'” ------------------------ no, its the arrogance of a gigabuck industry association showing its disregard for the peasants in flyover country. “Lamented Coshocton Commissioner Gary Fisher, ‘It’s unfortunate that one person ruins it for those who use the service legitimately.’”
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no, its the arrogance of a gigabuck industry association showing its disregard for the peasants in flyover country.

]]> http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/motion-picture-association-of-america-shuts-down-entire-towns-wifi-over-single-download/#comment-1151927 David Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:05:41 +0000 http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/?p=3167#comment-1151927 This is despicable, if the report is true in its entirety. Just how did "they", the MPAA, manage this and who did they contact to achieve this stinking act? Was there a procedure of due process or was this the usual knee-jerk reaction of a provider to threats with menaces from one of the so-called entertainment bodies? I'm in the UK, so am not familiar with USA laws but how did this happen without going through a court and getting an order for shut-down? This is despicable, if the report is true in its entirety. Just how did “they”, the MPAA, manage this and who did they contact to achieve this stinking act? Was there a procedure of due process or was this the usual knee-jerk reaction of a provider to threats with menaces from one of the so-called entertainment bodies? I’m in the UK, so am not familiar with USA laws but how did this happen without going through a court and getting an order for shut-down?

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