http://www.circleid.com/ Latest P2P related postings on CircleID en Copyright 2008, unless where otherwise noted. 2008-10-15T17:47:00-08:00 130 45 http://www.circleid.com/images/logo_rss.gif http://www.circleid.com/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/2008928_comcast_right_fcc_wrong/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/2008928_comcast_right_fcc_wrong/ Feds And Internet Service Providers Don't Mix. He manages to describe the controversy in clear and unemotional language, which contrasts sharply with the neutralists who constantly use emotionally-charged terms such as "blocking," "Deep Packet Inspection," "forgery," and "monopoly" to describe their discomfort. More...]]> 2008-09-28T15:49:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandlawnet_neutralityp2ppolicy_regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/89251_riaa_p2p_file_sharers/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/89251_riaa_p2p_file_sharers/ More...]]> 2008-09-25T11:10:00-08:00 internetlawp2ppolicy_regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/89238_comcast_network_management_practices_analysis/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/89238_comcast_network_management_practices_analysis/ Threat Level from Wired.com for providing a convenient copy of Comcast's "Attachment A" in which this disclosure is made.) There's not a lot of startling disclosure in this document, but it does provide some useful concrete facts and figures. I'll quote the more interesting parts of the document here, and offer comment on it. More...]]> 2008-09-23T07:45:00-08:00 internetbroadbandnet_neutralityp2ppolicy_regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/comcast_network_management_practices/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/comcast_network_management_practices/ voted last month to uphold a complaint that Comcast had violated the regulator's open-Internet principles by hindering peer-to-peer traffic from applications such as BitTorrent. Comcast said on Friday that under the plan designed to give all users their "fair share" of bandwidth it would focus on managing the traffic of customers who are using most bandwidth when the network is congested. More...]]> 2008-09-20T09:08:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandlawp2ppolicy_regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/comcast_sues_fcc/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/comcast_sues_fcc/ the agency's decision to sanction Comcast for blocking certain Internet traffic. Comcast has released the following statement attributed to David L. Cohen, Executive Vice President of Comcast Corporation... More...]]> 2008-09-04T12:53:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandlawnet_neutralityp2ppolicy_regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/gtld_string_theory_for_bidders/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/gtld_string_theory_for_bidders/ More...]]> 2008-09-03T20:55:00-08:00 internetdomain_registriesinternet_protocolp2ptop_level_domains http://www.circleid.com/posts/88213_p4p_solving_bandwidth_challenges/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88213_p4p_solving_bandwidth_challenges/ More...]]> 2008-08-21T15:09:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandp2p http://www.circleid.com/posts/88202_comcast_fcc_throttling_order/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88202_comcast_fcc_throttling_order/ August 1st ruling against Comcast, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in a 67 page order released today has given Comcast 30 days "to disclose the details of their unreasonable network management practices, submit a compliance plan describing how it intends to stop these unreasonable management practices by the end of the year, and disclose to both the Commission and the public the details of the network management practices that it intends to deploy following termination of its current practices." More...]]> 2008-08-20T12:29:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandlawp2ppolicy_regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/file_sharers_facing_lawsuits_in_uk/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/file_sharers_facing_lawsuits_in_uk/ a government-backed deal was struck between Britain's six biggest Internet service providers and the entertainment industry in order to send warning letters to file-sharers. Today it has been reported that thousands of people suspected of sharing music, films and games over the Internet are going to be facing legal action in UK for damages. One law firm, according to Reuters, is going to the High Court to force ISPs to release names and addresses of 7,000 suspected file-sharers and that they have already begun proceedings against several people in Britain. One British woman has been ordered to pay 16,000 pounds for downloading pinball game for free through a file-sharing site. More...]]> 2008-08-20T11:03:00-08:00 internetlawp2p http://www.circleid.com/posts/88103_fcc_comcast_ruling_inconsistent_incoherent/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88103_fcc_comcast_ruling_inconsistent_incoherent/ More...]]> 2008-08-01T15:43:00-08:00 internetbroadbandinternet_governancelawnet_neutralityp2ppolicy_regulationvoip http://www.circleid.com/posts/87313_wrong_headed_wsj_editorial_fcc/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/87313_wrong_headed_wsj_editorial_fcc/ More...]]> 2008-07-31T13:44:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandnet_neutralityp2pwireless http://www.circleid.com/posts/six_largest_isps_uk_piracy_warning/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/six_largest_isps_uk_piracy_warning/ More...]]> 2008-07-24T09:37:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandlawp2ppolicy_regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/87182_p2p_next_live_bittorrent_streaming/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/87182_p2p_next_live_bittorrent_streaming/ P2P-Next project which has announced its trial program for streaming live video in true 4th generation P2P system using a zero-server approach. More...]]> 2008-07-18T14:49:00-08:00 internetp2p http://www.circleid.com/posts/891411_fcc_comcast_reasonably_vague/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/891411_fcc_comcast_reasonably_vague/ More...]]> 2008-07-14T11:45:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandnet_neutralityp2ppolicy_regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/87113_no_fines_for_comcast/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/87113_no_fines_for_comcast/ "F.C.C. Chairman Favors Penalty on Comcast" (I won't quote the story because I'm a blogger and the AP is the AP, so click through.) Much of the initial reaction to the story was obviously colored by the headline. More...]]> 2008-07-12T14:50:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandinternet_governancelawnet_neutralityp2pregional_registries