Cox is legally right. The problem is that analysis of BitTorrent is that 85% of the traffic on BitTorrent is copyrighted material. If it was a couple percent, it wouldn’t be an issue. However, if you know that 85% of the people in an area are going to commit a crime, the government is saying that you have a legal obligation to help them. That’s a ridiculous argument. If 100% of the traffic on BitTorrent was copyrighted, would it be okay to stop them or maybe 98%, 95%, etc…
If we have to let torrent users go to town, then I’m going to add a $500 fee for every time a user gets me a DCMA notice that I have to deal with. Then there is the problem for those of us who don’t use public IP addresses and these users can get us blacklisted pretty quickly which makes it tough for everyone. Rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Brett A Mansfield Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 7:46 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] BitTorrent is not piracy That is an excellent article! And as much as I hate BitTorrent because of the resources it uses on my network, I am completely in Cox side here. The customer pays for their service, they should be allowed to do what they want with it. Disclaimer: the only time I've heard anything about either side of this issue was in this article that Rory posted, so my understanding of this particular lawsuit may be skewed. Thank you, Brett A Mansfield On Nov 17, 2015, at 7:28 PM, Rory Conaway <r...@triadwireless.net<mailto:r...@triadwireless.net>> wrote: https://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-usage-doesnt-equal-piracy-cox-tells-court-151115/ Rory Conaway • Triad Wireless • CEO 4226 S. 37th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040 602-426-0542 r...@triadwireless.net<mailto:r...@triadwireless.net> www.triadwireless.net<http://www.triadwireless.net/> “If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off. — Bill Veeck
