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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Eat this RIAA (or, the war has begun?) - Why not all ISPs?
Rob, Since the recording industry isn't a protected class, we can always choose not to do business with them. However, I would expect that someone will do business witht them, in the end, Money talks. - Daniel Golding > Rob Healey Said.... > > > > > The RIAA, itself, doesn't use the net for > > revenew, or, really, much of anything. What few uses they do have > > could easily be served through disposable dialup accounts. It > > is the RIAA member companies, such as Sony (one of the biggest > > offenders), Arista, Geffen, etc. which are getting their revenue > > through the net. Unfortunately, no provider can defend turning > > off Sony as a rational business decision. Your customers wouldn't > > tolerate it or stand behind you on it. (If anyone wants to prove > > me wrong, I would very much enjoy being wrong on this). > > > > Generic question related to this: > > Can ISP's arbitrarily refuse to give service to someone who tries > to sign up? i.e. if everyone refused to give Sony service could they > sue on some sort of discrimination/collusion charge? > > Do ISP/ASP/*SP's HAVE to provide services if someone knocks on the > door requesting them or can they refuse for any reason what so ever? > > Any armchair lawyers, who play one on TV, have the/an answer? > > -Rob >
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