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Re:Music publishers sue an ISP over piracy by Trisell on Saturday November 29, 2014 @09:33PM (#8675780)
Interesting that they mention individual IP address. Unless Cox does things differently then most other ISPs. Theoretically this could be more then one subscriber. I know that both the ISPs I have used in my area will issue me a new IP address whenever I unplug the modem for more then 10 seconds.

Couldn't Cox make the case that the information being provided could be from multiple subscribers?

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Re:Music publishers sue an ISP over piracy by ams6110 on Saturday November 29, 2014 @10:31PM (#8675883)
They could try to argue that, if it's true. I've had the same IP address from Comcast for over a year, and I've reset my modem many times as well has had some prolonged (many-hour) power outages during that time.
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Re:Music publishers sue an ISP over piracy by firepacket on Saturday November 29, 2014 @10:59PM (#8675935)
Just for the record, if you want a new IP usually all you have to do is change the MAC address of your router and you'll get a new one.
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Re:Music publishers sue an ISP over piracy by wmf on Saturday November 29, 2014 @11:44PM (#8676000)
It's not just the IP address; it's an IP address, date, and time.
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