Comcast Getting Sued for Blocking P2P

You can almost smell the fail in this lawsuit. The legal action is predicated on a report in the Newspaper, and is filed by nimrods who know absolutely nothing about how ISP’s work, nor do they understand the terms of service they agree to when going with a broadband provider.

The best analysis on the Comcast P2P issue is here. From the AP, via Drudge here:

A San Francisco Bay area subscriber to Comcast Corp.’s high-speed Internet service has sued the company, alleging it engages in unfair business practices by interfering with subscribers’ file sharing.

Subscriber Jon Hart based his claims on the results of an investigation by the Associated Press published last month that showed Philadelphia-based Comcast actively interferes with attempts some high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online.

Hart’s lead lawyer, Mark N. Todzo of San Francisco, said his client suspected before reading the AP report that Comcast was interfering with his Internet traffic.

“What the AP report did was just confirm to him that it wasn’t just him who was suffering from the problem,” Todzo said. “There was this confluence of events where everyone seemed to reach the same conclusion, which was that Comcast was engaging in this activity.”

Never mind that Comcast can do whatever they want to with the traffic that flows on their own network. All I can say is that any idiots that want to try to jump on this class action suit better make sure that they possess no illegally copyrighted materials. Otherwise, the RIAA and MPAA are going to read this lawsuit like its a menu at a fast food restaurant, plucking out complainants for investigation.