[100229] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Comcast blocking p2p uploads
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick Giagnocavo)
Fri Oct 19 17:43:54 2007
In-Reply-To: <d800cd540710191242y73ef27f1qfa2c3f4a20dca355@mail.gmail.com>
From: Patrick Giagnocavo <patrick@zill.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:39:40 -0400
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Oct 19, 2007, at 3:42 PM, John C. A. Bambenek wrote:
>
> Since when did private companies no longer have the right to regulate
> their own property?
>
> I must have missed the Amendment...
If you want to make a property argument, how do you explain them
denying me my right to enjoy my rental of their property?
If Comcast were a landlord, they would be interfering with my quiet
enjoyment and my rights in possession.
Interfering with my traffic rather than blocking it, could lose them
common carrier protection. They are exerting editorial control, in a
fashion, over what I transmit and receive.
--Patrick
