Not really. Even if your derivative work idea was valid and could be used to stop Verizon, they would just update their Terms of Service (TOS) to explicitly have you grant them this right and waive any claims.
Frankly, while i haven't checked, is very likely that their existing TOS grants them the right to make any change to your traffic they see fit, so it's likely that any derivative work would fail on it's face based on your existing contract.
A town in Northern Ireland is getting spruced up for the arrival of some special guests. World leaders are gathering in the town of Enniskillen for the G8 summit next month. And to get ready, the town is putting up fake storefronts on shuttered businesses. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Irish Times reporter Dan Keenan about the efforts to make the town look prosperous.
According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless.