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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	62 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

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

covah

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

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

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

Half left

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

Bob Muir

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

ZagZagovich

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

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

Joseph Leray

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

Takeshi

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

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

Tubatic

Re-damn-diculous.

Also, Front Page!

uglymofo

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 Devore

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

Cox, Charter, and Comcast all pull this lame shit

ChillyBilly

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

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

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

protip: get verizon FIOS ASAP

Brian Keljore

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

ScottyG

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

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

wardrox

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

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

Verizon doesn't give a fuck. :)

Neonie

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

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

RAB

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

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

Rifter01

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

Hmmm...Also, Cox Sux Dix?

...I got nothing.

Menelaus

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

Sharpless

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

"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

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

Brilliam

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

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

casualweaponry

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

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

Justice

This is going too far now.

Messer

First Post!

Andrex

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.

Darren Nakamura

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

Spartacus

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

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

- 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

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

Dr. Wily is to blame.

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

the GAMEGOBLIN

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

Brian Szabelski

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

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