Individuals who pirate music and movies on the internet have a new concern thanks to a partnership between major internet service providers, movie studios and record labels. The organizations have created the Copyright Alert System which is designed to give suspected pirates fair warning before action is taken against them. This method currently has the support of AT&T, Time Warmer, Comcast, Verizon and Cablevision.

AT&T just can’t seem to get enough bad press as of late. First it comes out that AT&T Wireless won’t be bringing MMS to the iPhone until August. Then there’s the lack of tethering for the iPhone, followed closely by a push-back of iPhone MMS to September. Now it looks like AT&T’s DSL service wants more »

Comcast customers, already frustrated by the bandwidth cap put in place back in October have been further frustrated by the company’s complete lack of tools to help them monitor their usage and stay within the cap. A web based usage monitor was supposed to be released in January but that date came and passed. Now more »

With a name that comes back like a blast, or maybe more like a nightmare from the past, CompuServe is back in the headlines. My nightmare of CompuServe came in the form of horrible dial up moments and hourly charges back in the early to mid nineties, but there was a CompuServe even before that more »

Media companies have realized the near impossibility of attempting to sue each individual that downloads illegal music and other media. Instead, their new anti-piracy plan involves enlisting the help of Internet service providers to combat the issue. AT&T will be the first ISP to work alongside the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to stop more »