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Feel the Hatred: My goddamn internet provider's stance on copyright infringement
Anthony Burch \| 10:26 AM on 09.25.2008	60 comments

You know what's really fucking fun? When I've got an interview with the associate producer of Battlefield Bad Company in the morning, but I can't make it because I can't find the meeting details in my email account which I can't access because Cox Communications decided to fucking arbitrarily put a hold on my account for illegally downloading...

...A fucking Mega Man rom. Nevermind the fact that I could very well goddamn own it, or that it's none of their goddamn business what I download so long as I keep paying for service, or that they didn't give me a moment's fucking notice before doing so so that I basically looked like a total douchebag where the BFBC guys were concerned. I wouldn't have minded a goddamn email warning me, or at least some advance warning, but I got up this morning literally incapable to access anything on the Internet. And since the connection tends to fuck up anyway, I sat around like a retard for a few minutes waiting for the connection to clear itself up until I finally called tech support and got the information I should have already gotten through a fucking phone call. And thanks for threatening to terminate my account altogether if I keep destroying the videogame industry by downloading NES roms, you fucking jackoffs.

Thanks, Cox! You're bringing us one step closer to the end of net neutrality!

Note: Emulation is wrong and I'm an immoral person, but it's none of Cox's goddamn business and they should have let me know beforehand.

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BlindsideDork says:
(# 0) on 09/25/2008 10:41

Slightly less embarssing than them finding what illegal pr0ns you downloaded, right?

covah says:
(# 1) on 09/25/2008 10:46

when I'm at home during the winter and summer I download a shit ton of stuff like Roms from cox. Man, sucks for you.

Zulu says:
(# 2) on 09/25/2008 10:47

ISP's actually do that? Ha ha ha, I was actually thinking of starting up a service with COX. Glad I didn't make the choice.

galagabug says:
(# 3) on 09/25/2008 10:48

wow. thats..... some shit right there.

Half left says:
(# 4) on 09/25/2008 10:49

Can't you have used someone else's connection?

Necros says:
(# 5) on 09/25/2008 10:49

I'm glad Time Warner's Roadrunner is a lot more sensible.

ZagZagovich says:
(# 6) on 09/25/2008 11:00

Oh, those silly american ISPs. Mine openly rewards sharing and pirating videogames, movies and everything that can be pirated. They even made a DC++ channel, a Torrent Tracker and a huge FTP with terrabytes of stuff. I don't use any of it BTW.

MrSadistic says:
(# 7) on 09/25/2008 11:02

I'm glad I have Time Warner. I haven't been eRaped because of my "activities" on the internet.... yet.

Joseph Leray says:
(# 8) on 09/25/2008 11:05

I'm no Consumerist junkie, but I've never heard of an ISP doing something like that.

Takeshi says:
(# 9) on 09/25/2008 11:05

What a load of fucking bullshit! First for blocking your connection and second for not warning you. I'm glad my provider doesn't care at all.

Guagloves says:
(# 10) on 09/25/2008 11:09

Wow...thats a bunch of crap. I've never heard of something like this happening. Seems damn absurd.

Tubatic says:
(# 11) on 09/25/2008 11:10

Re-damn-diculous.

Also, Front Page!

uglymofo says:
(# 12) on 09/25/2008 11:12

That sucks man. I got a cease and desist from Charter about a year ago. Seems NBC didn't care for me downloading Battlestar Galactica. Charter stepped up to the plate though and cockblocked litigation in favor of slapping me on the wrist. Thank you Charter!

Jordan Grim Devore says:
(# 13) on 09/25/2008 11:14

I've got the exact same shitty ISP because there's virtually nothing else available where I live.

I'm surprised no one has sued them over the amount of downtime there is, cause it's fucking absurd.

king3vbo says:
(# 14) on 09/25/2008 11:17

Cox, Charter, and Comcast all pull this lame shit

ChillyBilly says:
(# 15) on 09/25/2008 11:18

Sucks man, I received a nice little letter from the RIAA in my email box about a year ago while I was dloading a copy of COD4. Needless to say I went out and purchased a legitimate copy the same day. Stupid Charter cable and stupid RIAA.

Communists, the whole lot of 'em.

Demtor says:
(# 16) on 09/25/2008 11:19

Wow, that sucks. I have never heard of anyone getting a "no access slap on the wrist" from their ISP because of a downloaded ROM. Movies and HBO series sure, but an 8-bit ROM? WTF? New lows have been reached today.

mix says:
(# 17) on 09/25/2008 11:24

In Canada it's illegal to share files, not download them: Come on over, you will fit right in.

Read Here

Roms and old stuff are totally fine to download in my books but if you would have said Spore or something I would have gasped liked this *GASP*

IceMax says:
(# 18) on 09/25/2008 11:25

protip: get verizon FIOS ASAP

Brian Keljore says:
(# 19) on 09/25/2008 11:29

Sounds like when I got my net shut down over a game I did not download!

ScottyG says:
(# 20) on 09/25/2008 11:45

Shitty deal man. Hope you're able to smooth things over with the BFBC associate producer. Shit like this is why I never use my ISP email accounts.

Maybe this will cheer you up! :)

Teta says:
(# 21) on 09/25/2008 11:49

OMG I feel your hatred.
Get a copy of the game and give them shit right now.

wardrox says:
(# 22) on 09/25/2008 11:52

Emergency Dial up ftw.
Do you have the data protection act in the US? Demand to see all the info they have on you.

eternalplayer2345 says:
(# 23) on 09/25/2008 12:01

I read the title and though of that picture before even clicking on it, But that is messed up I better delete mickey mania ASAP.

Jetsetlemming says:
(# 24) on 09/25/2008 12:02

Verizon doesn't give a fuck. :)

Neonie says:
(# 25) on 09/25/2008 12:13

I had Cox in Louisiana and must of downloaded a TON of crap on their service and they never did crap to my connection. I don't know where you live but your Cox people are a-holes xD

falinter says:
(# 26) on 09/25/2008 12:15

Fuck that shiznit, bust out the AOL discs and get some trial internet going Rev.

RAB says:
(# 27) on 09/25/2008 12:24

how the fuck are they even able to know you not-downloaded that shit?

thats a gross invasion of privacy mang.

seems really fucking shady.

go to kinkos or your local college and use one of those computers?

F Whipple says:
(# 28) on 09/25/2008 12:32

Weird. I just got a warning about downloading crap this morning. Conpiracy I tell ya

Rifter01 says:
(# 29) on 09/25/2008 12:56

How bizarre.. Thank goodness I dun have Cox, coz otherwise..

..I'd have to kick them sq-AWW n' d' NOOTZ! -Cartman (South Park)

Seyward says:
(# 30) on 09/25/2008 13:12

Hmmm...Also, Cox Sux Dix?

...I got nothing.

Menelaus says:
(# 31) on 09/25/2008 13:31

The only ISP I've ever had a problem with was Ygnition. So far, Time Warner has kept to themselves.

Sharpless says:
(# 32) on 09/25/2008 13:34

Wait, what? A ROM? They specifically mentioned the Mega Man ROM? There has to be more to it than that. I'm guessing that was just the straw that broke the camel's back. I hope so, anyway. Otherwise, me and my several hundred ROMs are screwed.

JamnOnTheOne says:
(# 33) on 09/25/2008 13:54

"Note: Emulation is wrong and I'm an immoral person, but it's none of Cox's goddamn business and they should have let me know beforehand."

Wrong...You are licensing their service. Check your EULA (or your mom's if you live at home).

F Whipple says:
(# 34) on 09/25/2008 14:12

You should make an "I hate Cox" group...of course you'll probably end up with 14,000 lesbians

Brilliam says:
(# 35) on 09/25/2008 14:27

Very sorry to hear this, dude... you need to escape to Canada. Well, as long as it's like Quebec, because it seems like every other province is the same these days.

Mogg says:
(# 36) on 09/25/2008 14:29

my guess is that this is an elaborate prank. Way to go Ash!

casualweaponry says:
(# 37) on 09/25/2008 14:50

Man, I've been NOT downloading gigs of stuff on my NOT R4(well CycloDS, but they're the same) for weeks.

Time to slow down a bit I guess. Yeah right!

michiyoyoshiku says:
(# 38) on 09/25/2008 14:59

I have Cox, My internet goes out, I torrenet the fuck out of my account......no threats and such of the sort.

Justice says:
(# 39) on 09/25/2008 15:02

This is going too far now.

Messer says:
(# 40) on 09/25/2008 15:11

First Post!

Andrex says:
(# 41) on 09/25/2008 15:27

And i though my past internet providers where shit.... Yours just takes it to the next level. Ever Consider to change provider? You bitch a lot about your net gaming and ect.

Dexter345 says:
(# 42) on 09/25/2008 15:28

I think you're putting the blame on the wrong people here. Clearly the one to blame is Mega Man.

Spartacus says:
(# 43) on 09/25/2008 16:03

That's a pretty gross invasion of privacy, mang. I can't even fathom calling up my ISP and having them tell me I was blocked from the interbananas because I downloaded Mega Man.

naia-the-gamer says:
(# 44) on 09/25/2008 16:14

LOL Dexter. You're such a lovable Mega Man troll :P

but yeah, while there may be something in their EULA that doesn't make it right.

Cyberxion says:
(# 45) on 09/25/2008 16:15

- He is right you should kill yourself

There are voices in my head
- Oooooh, You're such a mess
Saying things that shouldn't be said
- You're talentless.
I just hope that they will
- No we won't
Go away

Cowzilla3 says:
(# 46) on 09/25/2008 16:39

Wow, I can't even believe the can do that. I mean you shouldn't be downloading illegal things but they shouldnt be watching what you download either.

MaxVest says:
(# 47) on 09/25/2008 17:19

Dr. Wily is to blame.

Also, you throws the dice, and you takes your chances.

the GAMEGOBLIN says:
(# 48) on 09/25/2008 17:23

YOU DOWNLOADED A ROM FUCKING PIRATE THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE INDUSTRY ASSHOLE RABBLERABBLERABBLERABBLE!

NihonTiger90 says:
(# 49) on 09/25/2008 17:54

Wildblue has stupid download caps that make it impossible to do anything on the Internet.

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