WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT AND YOUR ISP?
Revisiting the RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AN ISP AND A COPYRIGHT ENFORCEMENT COMPANY, I come to different conclusions with RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT as I did last year.
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ISPs Limit How Long They Hold Your Information.
How time limits and purged records stop a copyright holder from learning the identity of an accused downloader. It occurred to me that there is some confusion as to what is an ISP retention policy a.k.a. an “IP address retention policy.” the effect the amount of time ISPs keep IP address logs (linking a particular … Read more
New Florida Rule: CABLE OPERATORS WHO ARE ALSO ISPs ARE BOUND BY THE CABLE ACT.
Umm… Did Judge Wilson just suggest that ISPs fall under the CABLE ACT?? I was just reading DieTrollDie’s article, and looking at Judge Wilson’s ruling [in the Malibu Media, LLC v. John Does 1-18 (Case No. 8:12-cv-01419) case in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida], it appears as if he just … Read more
Judge Facciola opens up a can of worms with the Cable Act.
These old cases keep creeping back up on us, and I am quite frankly dumbfounded that they are still alive so many months later. In the Openmind Solutions, Inc. v. Does 1-565 (Case No. 1:11-cv-01883) case in the District of Columbia, Judge Facciola brought back to life what was a stale, dormant case by answering … Read more
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED? New York’s Split Southern District Court
It is very easy to put up a banner claiming “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED — NO MORE BITTORRENT CASES IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK,” but reality is not that simple. A judge can give a ruling, and it can be a darned good ruling which is binding on all other judges in that federal district (similarly, … Read more