Comcast Subscribers Get $16 Each for P2P

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How many people do you think actually did something other then sign their name. The lawyers actually had to work for this. Now I'm not saying 3mil isn't a little overboard, but you people are acting like the lawyers did nothing.

This is how class action lawsuits work the plantiffs usually get very little money.
 
GO Lawyers, hey I am not jealous that they are getting paid, every-one should get paid for the work they do!

Lawyers do get a bad time, you cant avoid them though as that is simply the world we have created.

When you have the chips against you though, and you know you are right, then that lawyer and his/her fees are not so bad then, I know, my lawyer is fantastic, when |I need something done, I pay him to write a letter, works 90% of the time!
 
[citation][nom]loneninja[/nom]Comcast users really were victims. I've personally been screwed by them, pay for their high speed service and almost no PC game was playable due to high ping and xbox live wasn't even usable, repeatedly disconnected. Comcasts excuse for why xbox live didn't work, our xbox wasn't powerful enough to handle the games we were playing. lmaoOf course later we learned they were capping our connection because we used bittorrent, but never going back to them again.[/citation]

Riiiight. Let's be realistic here shall we? Most people use P2P for downloading copyrighted materials.
 
[citation][nom]EDIT - Had wrong quote[/nom]Let me guess you work for Comcast. Tell Comcast to invest in their infrastructure. And it wasnt a mistake it was against the contract that they wrote. It was a breech of contract and they should have had to pay alot more than 16million.[/citation]What were you using the P2P for? If it was to download pirated software I would say that you breached your contract, with every law in America. If you didn't maybe you should file a complaint. They jumped the gun with their decision to limit P2P broadcasting to a slow 2K/sec but I am sure it was with good reason. No, I don't work for Comcast. I just cant sit here reading this ranting bull about how your life was devastated because of a few months of capped P2P leeching.
 
The Lawyers did the work and got paid 3 million. The victims get $16 a piece (if the claim it). Comcast may pay a total of $4 million when all is said and done. Comcast broke a contract with millions of people and now they are throwing a party because they basically got away with it. The winners here are the lawyers and Comcast.
 
[citation][nom]rocket_sauce[/nom]The Lawyers did the work and got paid 3 million. The victims get $16 a piece (if the claim it). Comcast may pay a total of $4 million when all is said and done. Comcast broke a contract with millions of people and now they are throwing a party because they basically got away with it. The winners here are the lawyers and Comcast.[/citation]

True, how long would "just" $3 Million set Comcast back by? A week? Not even? Although I've heard a lot of bad Comcast stories my connection's been peachy year after year...must be "lucky".
 
$16 may be a sad settlement for breech of contract, and I agree users should be able to stand up for get compensated for the wrong that was done by limiting their service, however, I agree, and I know I'm generalizing, most people use P2P for downloading and sharing material that perhaps they would prefer the RIAA and MPIAA not know about. Instead of blanket paying everyone violated $16 why don't they change the ruling.

If you file, you will be paid $1000, but the caveat is your name will be posted on a list widely available to these other organizations as someone who used P2P. The innocent P2P users are able to collect a substantial reward....and the less than upright citizens (not pointing fingers) would probably prefer not to request any money returned and risk exposing themselves.

Comments?
 
@mlopinto2k1 - You do realize that P2P is used by many places legitimately as a way of mass distributing files needed to update legally purchased games, distribute new Linux Distros, and so on ad nauseum? You just seem to see P2P and go 'those dirty pirates! They broke the law! They don't deserve money, they deserve jail time!' This by itself makes me wonder if you aren't paid my RIAA and MPAA to spout their vitriol here in order to deceive, inveigle, and obfuscate the truth. The truth is P2P software doesn't violate copyright inherently, the user does that. Stop blaming the software. And without proof that those that were using Bit-Torrent or what ever program to download files, accusing them of breaking the law is in fact, defamation of character, which is something that you can be sued for. Don't expect the internet to hide your identity either. Time has shown that the most motivated can find out exactly who anyone is. Look at that gentleman in France who tracked down someone from Counter Strike over 3 months to stab him. I know the readers here aren't that vindictive, but if you upset the wrong person with accusations, you may wake up one day to a court summons for your comments online.
 
[citation][nom]mikeyp[/nom]Instead of blanket paying everyone violated $16 why don't they change the ruling.If you file, you will be paid $1000, but the caveat is your name will be posted on a list widely available to these other organizations as someone who used P2P. The innocent P2P users are able to collect a substantial reward....and the less than upright citizens (not pointing fingers) would probably prefer not to request any money returned and risk exposing themselves.Comments?[/citation]
I can agree with that. The sad part of the whole situation is that Comcast got a slap on the hand for this.
 
[citation][nom]helldog3105[/nom]@mlopinto2k1 - You do realize that P2P is used by many places legitimately as a way of mass distributing files needed to update legally purchased games, distribute new Linux Distros, and so on ad nauseum? You just seem to see P2P and go 'those dirty pirates! They broke the law! They don't deserve money, they deserve jail time!' This by itself makes me wonder if you aren't paid my RIAA and MPAA to spout their vitriol here in order to deceive, inveigle, and obfuscate the truth. The truth is P2P software doesn't violate copyright inherently, the user does that. Stop blaming the software. And without proof that those that were using Bit-Torrent or what ever program to download files, accusing them of breaking the law is in fact, defamation of character, which is something that you can be sued for. Don't expect the internet to hide your identity either. Time has shown that the most motivated can find out exactly who anyone is. Look at that gentleman in France who tracked down someone from Counter Strike over 3 months to stab him. I know the readers here aren't that vindictive, but if you upset the wrong person with accusations, you may wake up one day to a court summons for your comments online.[/citation]LOL! Now I've heard it all. I'll make sure I mark down all the comments that are "PRO" Pirate, here on Tom's Hardware as well. Get back to pirating your software. If it was such a big DEAL to all of these law abiding users, don't you think they would have stepped up to make a point? Don't threaten me on here. I am in no way trying to hide my identity and I don't spout my OPINION in belief that I cant be tracked down. You must think your talking to a fool! Think again!
 
[citation][nom]helldog3105[/nom]@mlopinto2k1 - You do realize that P2P is used by many places legitimately as a way of mass distributing files needed to update legally purchased games, distribute new Linux Distros, and so on ad nauseum?[/citation]

And a few people in this world might sleep in the same bed with their neighbor's naked hot wife and not doing anything. But what would most do?


 
[citation][nom]assmar[/nom]Sounds like when they have a big boat giveaway and only people with arrest warrants are invited as winners.[/citation]
Spot on, just what I was thinking.

Dude - "Hey, i'm here to claim my $16 cos I used eDonkey"
Comcast - "Certainly sir, please hold on for a moment"
Police - "You're nicked!"
 
[citation][nom]helldog3105[/nom]@mlopinto2k1 - You do realize that P2P is used by many places legitimately as a way of mass distributing files needed to update legally purchased games, distribute new Linux Distros, and so on ad nauseum? You just seem to see P2P and go 'those dirty pirates! They broke the law! They don't deserve money, they deserve jail time!' This by itself makes me wonder if you aren't paid my RIAA and MPAA to spout their vitriol here in order to deceive, inveigle, and obfuscate the truth. The truth is P2P software doesn't violate copyright inherently, the user does that. Stop blaming the software. And without proof that those that were using Bit-Torrent or what ever program to download files, accusing them of breaking the law is in fact, defamation of character, which is something that you can be sued for. Don't expect the internet to hide your identity either. Time has shown that the most motivated can find out exactly who anyone is. Look at that gentleman in France who tracked down someone from Counter Strike over 3 months to stab him. I know the readers here aren't that vindictive, but if you upset the wrong person with accusations, you may wake up one day to a court summons for your comments online.[/citation]


By the sounds of your message, you agree with me. I think that if you already realize that you can be tracked with enough effort, and if you are using P2P for legitimate purposes, you would want your just reward (much higher than $16), and you wouldn't care about your name being made public, as there is nothing to hide. As a righteous and just user of P2P for good purposes only, you realize that cable bandwidth is shared amongst users on the network, and you would prefer even faster internet. Therefore, if however someone else isn't as self controlled and has used P2P for less than the most justified purposes, I would think they would avoid asking for money back, as they have been engaging in criminal activities, and their criminal activities have been slowing all of our shared bandwidth in the cable network. Thank you for supporting my argument that P2P is not inherently evil, the users aren't evil, and those users who have been wronged should be allowed to collect just reward.
 


Interesting, funny thing is, the people stingy enough to claim the whooping $16 most likely would fall into that category of people. I can see it now... "To catch a pirate!" hosted by Chris Hanson.
 
Comcast violates a contract and has to pay $16 (less than half of a month's service). (Should be value of the service + punitive damages.)

A citizen illegally downloads 1 song worth
 
Many times Comcast only throttles the internet speed in peak moments, allowing you your full 6mbit connection when not overusing the internet, and compensating for additional speed in offhours (upto 12mbit for regular members).

But if they find you're using a lot of internet they can throttle the internet's speed downto 4 or 3 (which is 2-3Mbit below their advertised speed; speed depends on location).
If they would give compensation in the likes of 1 month of free internet, it would have been a lot better!
Noone really wants to go through the trouble of filing a suit, and lose a couple of bucks on postage stamps, and time for only $16.

Perhaps a good way to get addresses from people who do in file sharing.
 
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