tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post3270700037582406661..comments2024-02-29T03:26:17.906-05:00Comments on Recording Industry vs The People: Amended complaint in UMG Recordings v. Veoh Networks, adding investors as defendants, is dismissedraybeckermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11063235302436280455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-14399578591700415452009-02-06T13:38:00.000-05:002009-02-06T13:38:00.000-05:00It will be very hard to show a direct relationship...It will be very hard to show a direct relationship for larger ISP's. there are too many factors that determine customer retention.<BR/><BR/>That is not to say the RIAA won't make a case the casual relationship between retention and any actions by the part of the ISP.Reluctant Raconteurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156485722227445711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15479871.post-35108033287573935952009-02-06T11:52:00.000-05:002009-02-06T11:52:00.000-05:00in Ellison v. Robertson the Ninth Circuit suggeste...<B>in Ellison v. Robertson the Ninth Circuit suggested that if the plaintiff had presented<BR/>evidence that an internet service provider attracted users who subscribed to its service in<BR/>order to access infringing content (or that the service lost subscribers because it<BR/>obstructed infringement), the court may have found a direct financial benefit from<BR/>infringement.</B><BR/><BR/>This man finds the above reasoning absolutely fascinating. That an ISP who loses customers when they interfere with filesharing has a direct financial benefit from infringement. This could cause all kinds of grief for every major ISP who performs content filtering, traffic shaping, sends warning letters based solely on the content industry's say-so, or otherwise tries to grovel to the content industry's wish list.<BR/><BR/>{The Common Man Speaking}Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com