[50986] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Major Labels v. Backbones
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard A Steenbergen)
Fri Aug 16 22:59:04 2002
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 22:58:32 -0400
From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>
To: John Ferriby <john@ferriby.com>
Cc: NANOG <NANOG@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <BNEJJGFPFOAPBMHHEDILEEFLHOAA.john@ferriby.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 10:03:37PM -0400, John Ferriby wrote:
> A number of major music labels have joined forces and are seeking relief
> from backbone providers, see:
Ok here's a question, why are they sueing AT&T, CW, and UU? I see
Listen4ever behind 4134 (China Telecom), who I only see buying transit
through InterNAP. Wouldn't it be simpler for them to sue InterNAP? I guess
it would sure be nice precedent, if they could make some big tier 1
providers do their bidding to filter whoever they want whenever they want.
Might I suggest filtering the websites of the offending "major labels" as
an appropriate retort?
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