Originally posted by Tristan_2:

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I must say Time Warner did show some balls here even despite well the money excuse, I am surprised they said no. Again Kudos to Time Warner

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Originally posted by SProdigy:

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Hah, TWC's customer service even gives the feds the bird! Gotta love it. So bad even the government can't get through to them!

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each of which takes "immediate priority" over copyright infringement cases

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These lookup requests involve everything from suicide threats to child abduction to terrorist activity," each of which takes "immediate priority" over copyright infringement cases.

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Originally posted by ZippyDSM:

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How about all ISPs charge 50$ per IP when they turn over data? This way only real crimes will be dealt and they can't spam lawsuits.

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These lookup requests involve everything from suicide threats to child abduction to terrorist activity," each of which takes "immediate priority" over copyright infringement cases.

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Originally posted by KillerBug:

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The only reason Time Warner looks those up is because they have to; they could get a serious lawsuit against them if they refused to help, and someone got hurt/killed. Rest assured, they do not do it out of charity.

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Originally posted by bomber991:

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Originally posted by ZippyDSM:

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How about all ISPs charge 50$ per IP when they turn over data? This way only real crimes will be dealt and they can't spam lawsuits.

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No, they should charge $100-$200 for all lookups except for the ones made by law enforcement. They're a business and they gotta make money.

Anyways, at $100-$200 per lookup, those record companies would have to dish out $80,000 to $160,000 for these 800 names they want. Of course if all 800 of those people settle for $2k a piece then the record companies would get their money back.

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Originally posted by Xplorer4:

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Where do they get $45 from?

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Originally posted by Xplorer4:

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"The ISP says it would cost them about $45 USD each to send out the info on all the requests."
Where do they get $45 from? Surely the employee would be getting minimum wadge, so around $6 an hour, and surely they could process several in an hour. There's the cost of paper, which is less then $1 a paper I would guess. Figure electricity and network costs, and that still doesn't add up to $45 per request. We're talking a few dollars a day give or take for network costs assuming they would need internet access to pull up a customers info. Electricity would be a few dollars a day as well. So all things considered I ca;t see where $45 comes from. Not that I am disappointed by Time Warner fighting this, but I fail to see where they can get a figure like this.

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Originally posted by DVDBack23:

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Originally posted by Xplorer4:

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"The ISP says it would cost them about $45 USD each to send out the info on all the requests."
Where do they get $45 from? Surely the employee would be getting minimum wadge, so around $6 an hour, and surely they could process several in an hour. There's the cost of paper, which is less then $1 a paper I would guess. Figure electricity and network costs, and that still doesn't add up to $45 per request. We're talking a few dollars a day give or take for network costs assuming they would need internet access to pull up a customers info. Electricity would be a few dollars a day as well. So all things considered I ca;t see where $45 comes from. Not that I am disappointed by Time Warner fighting this, but I fail to see where they can get a figure like this.

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Remember, there are only 4 of them, and no way are they getting paid minimum wage (which is over $7, btw). Likely they are paid $10-15 an hour, and include in Internet, paper costs, etc, as you noted.

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