Not really; they're just slow enough that power isn't a problem.

Back in the pre-DLC days they would have developed the ending but cut back on the middle of the game. I'm not aware of any games where critical mechanics are DLC; wouldn't that make the base game unplayable?

Realistically, if DLC didn't exist then that day-one DLC just would never have been developed at all. It's a myth that the developers would have made the game better or longer if not for DLC. Developers/publishers get to choose how much development effort to put into a game and if their revenue is capped at $60 for all time then they'll just develop less content.

What good does terminating the contract do you? Then you have no Internet access. Also, the old version of the TOS from ten years ago probably still says they can do anything to you, so avoiding new versions of the TOS doesn't seem to help much either.

In the courts I think the burden of proof is on the plaintiff.

AFAIK that is exactly what they tend to do.

Your ISP's TOS says they can do anything to you.

There are costs on both sides. The *AA are paying DtecNet to send the strikes in the first place, and if you appeal it will cost them more than $35 to put together the paperwork to argue with you.

That's a decent argument, although I am skeptical that anyone will be willing to pay for it. My complaint is just that your comment wasn't labeled as speculation and thus is likely to mislead people into thinking that six strikes already works that way.

Fortunately or unfortunately, only agents of the *AA can report infringement. The system cannot be turned against itself. Arguably this is unfair to all copyright holders who are not part of the *AA, but the flip side is that you can pirate non-AA content with impunity.

Six strikes doesn't use DPI, but I'm sure you enjoyed coming up with that elaborate fantasy about how to evade DPI.

Fortunately DtecNet can't see what Usenet providers you're connecting to. Oh wait, you don't have any idea how the six strikes system works and even if you did you'd just spout conspiracy theories anyway.

Why would they bust you for downloading Linux? Do you have any idea how the system works?

Counting bytes is just as easy as counting packets, so I don't know why you assume they can do one but not the other. When counting bytes there's no need to consider packet size at all.

If ISPs refused to implement six strikes, the MPAA probably would have bought a new super-DMCA law that was even worse. Industries generally prefer self-regulation over government regulation because Congress is a bit of a wild card.

Time Warner Cable actually split from Time Warner recently, so they're not related.