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Naughty Comcast
From: "Alex Eckelberry" <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:59:00 -0400
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21376597/ <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21376597/> NEW YORK - Comcast Corp. actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share files <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21376597/#> online, a move that runs counter to the tradition of treating all types of Net traffic equally. The interference, which The Associated Press confirmed through nationwide tests, is the most drastic example yet of data discrimination by a U.S. Internet service provider. It involves company computers masquerading as those of its users. If widely applied by other ISPs, the technology Comcast is using would be a crippling blow to the BitTorrent, eDonkey and Gnutella file-sharing networks. While these are mainly known as sources of copyright <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21376597/#> music, software and movies, BitTorrent in particular is emerging as a legitimate tool for quickly disseminating legal content.
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