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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:25:41 -0500 From: Dave Farber <[email protected]> Subject: [IP] Ohio: Single Movie Download Forces Wi-Fi Network Shutdown Reply-To: [email protected] To: ip <[email protected]> Begin forwarded message: > From: Richard Forno <[email protected]> > Date: November 11, 2009 10:11:43 AM EST > To: Infowarrior List <[email protected]> > Cc: Dave Farber <[email protected]> > Subject: Ohio: Single Movie Download Forces Wi-Fi Network Shutdown > > Sure, Sony can complain, but you gotta hand it to the IT department for > totally overreacting, eh? > > --rf > > > > Single Movie Download Forces Wi-Fi Network Shutdown > http://freakbits.com/single-movie-download-forces-wi-fi-network-shutdown-1110 > > November 10, 2009, by enigmax8 > A free Wi-Fi service said to be used by hundreds of people has been > completely disabled after a complaint was made to the operating ISP by > Sony Pictures. > > OneCommunity is an award-winning, non-profit organization serving > Northern Ohio by connecting public and non-profit institutions to their > fiber-optic network, fostering economic development. > > One project was completed around five years ago, offering a free and > open Wi-Fi network serving the area outside Coshocton???s County Court > house. > > Last week, the network ??? said to be used by hundreds of people ??? was > completely shut down by the county???s Information Technology Department, > after Sony Pictures tracked one user sharing a single movie and issued a > complaint. > > Aside from use by the public, Coshocton???s Sheriff???s department is said > to have used the network to file incident reports, with traders using it > to check the validity of customer credit cards. > > Of course, the MPAA was quick to offer its usual hard-luck stories for > the article in the Coshocton Tribune. > > Taking down the entire network over a single infringement is a > ridiculous knee-jerk reaction which amounts to collective punishment, > but in the face of intimidating threats by a powerful company like Sony, > the county obviously felt it was left with little choice. > > Let???s hope they don???t ban all cars from the street outside if someone > exceeds the speed limit. ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ----- End forwarded message -----
