North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: $12,000 per person registration fee (was RE: Eat this RIAA)
Doesn't the RIAA's ISP(s) have an AUP that would put a stop to their behaviour? On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Owen DeLong wrote: > > While I agree with Sean that NANOG is not the place to lobby, I would > also > state that the coordination of a BGP blockade against RIAA's harmful > policies is an internet traffic management issue requiring coordination > among providers to solve. > > Owen > > Sean Donelan wrote: > > > > On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Nigel Clarke wrote: > > > However, this type of action might not be necessary at all. > > > > > > Some of the users on this list think RIAA's recent actions are nothing more > > > than empty threats. > > > Why doesn't NANOG make a few of its own? > > > > > > A "polite" letter from a NANOG representative should do the trick. > > > > The RIAA's annual budget is roughly $18 million. That pays for lawyers > > and other stuff which goes into writing "polite" letters. To raise that > > much money Merit would need to charge about $12,000 per person per NANOG > > meeting. People complain the current $300 registration fee is too much. > > > > NANOG is not a lobbying organization. There are other several > > organizations (and mailing lists) you may want to consider instead, such > > as the Electronic Frontier Foundation http://www.eff.org/ You can also > > write your elected representatives for the price of a postage stamp. Some > > congress critters even accept e-mail now. > >
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