Comcast is now offering a sort of "burst" technology that temporarily boosts your bandwidth while you're downloading files. I'm wondering how long it's going to take the RIAA to sue bandwidth providers - like someone suing the state in order to decrease the speed limit after a bad highway accident. You would think that this would never happen, that it's a case that would never hold water...but whenever the rich are involved, you never know. Anything impacting their bottom line is in the legal department's crosshairs.Take for example, the way that Comcast quantifies its new improved services:
At those speeds, three MP3 music files could be downloaded in 6.6 seconds, while a 686-megabyte video game could be downloaded in 12 minutes, according to the company.Now, sure, you can say that you can download iTunes files legally...however, those are M4P files. And sure, there are legal MP3 files being offered on the Web. But we all know that's not what Comcast is gunning for here. Just curious if Jeremy or Ed want to chime in on this matter, being our resident legal beagles.
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I agree this sounds like something the lawyers would love to sink their teeh into. But it really doesn't seem like that big a deal. I don't care if it takes 10 seconds or 5 seconds to download a song. That's not an enabling technology. I wish they'd take some of that extra bandwidth and increase the upload speeds instead.
It would be a tough argument. Just because it takes quicker to download (legally or illegally) would make little difference in the long run. Basically you would just have to wait longer to pirate something. You would have to prove that someone downloaded illegally specifically becuase the speed increased.
Im not saying a lawsuit wont happen. People have sued over less.
Like that time I sued the movie studio over the Never Ending Story...uh, it ended!
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