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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Internet providers fret about being sued over copyright
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- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 09:49:08 +0200
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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-957023.html
ISPs gird for copyright fights
By John Borland
September 9, 2002, 4:00 AM PT
A delicate detente is breaking down under pressure from
peer-to-peer networks, placing two powerful industries on a
collision course that could reshape the legal landscape for online
file-swapping.
Record companies and movie studios have long turned to Internet
service providers for help in their battle against online piracy,
but ISPs are beginning to balk at what they see as increasingly
onerous demands to step up pressure against online copyright
infringement.
Last month saw a two-pronged expansion of that strategy, resulting
in separate legal skirmishes between the record labels' trade
association, Verizon Communications and a handful of large
backbone service providers. Internet service providers now say
they're increasingly concerned that their hard-won position of
neutrality in the copyright wars is being undermined.
[...]
News.com's Declan McCullagh contributed to this report.
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