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Comment Re:HAHA Kiss My Ass Amerikanos (Score 1) 411

by calawain on Saturday April 12, 2008 @02:04AM (#23044496) Attached to: New York to Implement an 'Amazon Tax'

Yeah only if we get the same benefits you do...

DivX Pulls Plug on Stage6 84

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday February 25, 2008 @05:51PM from the your-users-are-asking-for-ways-to-pay-you dept.

Xelios writes "DivX announced today that it will be shutting down Stage6, its high-quality video sharing site. 'So why are we shutting the service down? Well, the short answer is that the continued operation of Stage6 is a very expensive enterprise that requires an enormous amount of attention and resources that we are not in a position to continue to provide. There are a lot of other details involved, but at the end of the day its really as simple as that.' The news comes after the former CEO of DivX stepped down last year to head Stage6, which was to become a separate company, and the still ongoing legal battle with UMG."

Comcast Targets Unlicensed Anime Torrenters 352

Posted by Zonk on Monday November 19, 2007 @02:23AM from the hard-to-get-your-jpop-fix-without-it dept.

SailorSpork writes "According to a thread on the forums of AnimeSuki, a popular anime bittorent index site, Comcast has begun sending DCMA letters to customers downloading unlicensed fan-subtitled anime shows via bittorrent. By 'unlicensed', they mean that no english language company has the rights to it. The letters are claiming that the copyright holder or an authorized agent are making the infringement claims, though usually these requests are also sent to the site itself rather that individual downloaders. My question is have they really been in contact with Japanese anime companies, or is this another scare tactic by Comcast to try and reduce the bandwidth use of their heavier customers now that their previous tactics have come under legal fire?"

Submission + - Unlimited gall to cost Verizon $1 million (networkworld.com)

Submitted by netbuzz on Wednesday October 24, 2007 @06:30AM

netbuzz writes: Unlimited really means unlimited, even in advertising. So says the New York State Attorney General's Office in squeezing a $1 million settlement out of Verizon Wireless for disconnecting 13,000 of its customers who had the temerity to believe that the unlimited service they were promised came with unlimited service. Verizon's statement explaining the settlement is a gem, too.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/20981

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