Thread: Major ISPs to turn into copyright police by July says RIAA
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Old 03-16-2012, 01:20 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by Purple Lady View Post
Since when do ISPs have the right to monitor what I do on the web?
I'm pretty sure they've had that right since day 1.

ISP's already monitor traffic, especially in aggregate; there's no way they could manage their networks without doing so. They do have the right to cap and/or throttle user traffic, so this is basically another means of doing so. E.g. if you use too much data, Comcast will throttle your usage by effectively reducing its priority.

I believe they do not have the right to provide specific information about you to a 3rd party without a subpoena or warrant. E.g. if the IP 64.22.31.127 is hosting tons of files that the MPAA suspects are infringing video files, and that IP is in Verizon's block, then Verizon can't tell the MPAA which one of their customers used that IP during that timeframe without a subpoena.

This is not required by the new policies, however, since that's Verizon notifying one of its own customers that if they don't cut it out, they will get throttled.
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