A 53 year-old grandmother was temporarily kicked off the Internet by her ISP after wrongful piracy allegations. Only when the press got involved was she cleared.
Cathi Paradiso, a customer of Qwest Communications has just been through a battle to clear her name.
The 53 year-old grandmother had her Internet account suspended after Hollywood studios accused her of multiple copyright infringements, including downloading ZombieLand, Harry Potter and even South Park.
Paradiso was told by Qwest that if she had one more accusation they would move from suspending her account to all-out termination, and even told her getting a new ISP would prove difficult with her record.
Desperate to prove her innocence, Paradiso wrote to the studios and begged them to find the person who really did download the movies.
Last week CNET got involved and this pushed Qwest to have a technician investigate the case. It turned out that Paradiso’s network had been compromised and someone else was to blame.
It seems that this accusation is the tip of a very large iceberg that will grow and grow in the months to come.
For the thousandth time, an IP address alone does not identify an infringer…
Article from: FreakBits