Solve : Claim your $16! Comcast P2P settlement now final?

1.	Solve : Claim your $16! Comcast P2P settlement now final?
Answer» Despite a campaign to derail the settlement, a long-running class-action lawsuit against Comcast and its P2P-blocking WAYS has ended. If you were a Comcast subscriber between April 1, 2006 and December 31, 2008, and you used the Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FastTrack, or Gnutella P2P networks, congratulations—you've just won $16 in the litigation lottery. A California resident filed Hart v. Comcast back in 2007, alleging that the cable giant wasn't living up to its contract because it limited "the speed of certain internet applications such as peer-to-peer file sharing and lotus notes [sic]." LinkQuote The LAWYERS will do a bit better, splitting $3 million for their work on the case. That seems fair. Cool ! Cheeseburgers for everyone ! !add some fries and a small drink with that will you? Quote The lawyers will do a bit better, splitting $3 million for their work on the case. The truth is that most class action suits are driven by lawyers after big fees. The actual PEOPLE who have been wronged, if lucky, end up with a few dollars, or even pennies. I also can't help but wonder if the RIAA is going to use the LIST of claimants as grounds for another suit against piracy. Get your $16 from Comcast and get a $250,000 lawsuit from the RIAA.

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Despite a campaign to derail the settlement, a long-running class-action lawsuit against Comcast and its P2P-blocking WAYS has ended. If you were a Comcast subscriber between April 1, 2006 and December 31, 2008, and you used the Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FastTrack, or Gnutella P2P networks, congratulations—you've just won $16 in the litigation lottery.

A California resident filed Hart v. Comcast back in 2007, alleging that the cable giant wasn't living up to its contract because it limited "the speed of certain internet applications such as peer-to-peer file sharing and lotus notes [sic]."

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The LAWYERS will do a bit better, splitting $3 million for their work on the case.

That seems fair. Cool !
Cheeseburgers for everyone ! !add some fries and a small drink with that will you? Quote

The lawyers will do a bit better, splitting $3 million for their work on the case.

The truth is that most class action suits are driven by lawyers after big fees. The actual PEOPLE who have been wronged, if lucky, end up with a few dollars, or even pennies.

I also can't help but wonder if the RIAA is going to use the LIST of claimants as grounds for another suit against piracy. Get your $16 from Comcast and get a $250,000 lawsuit from the RIAA.

Solve : Claim your $16! Comcast P2P settlement now final?

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