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The Dallas Morning News Wired Watch Column.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, July, 2002

By Doug Bedell, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 18--Some cable Internet services, apparently bowing to pressure from Hollywood and major music labels, are suspending the accounts of users found trading copyrighted material.

Customers of Cox Communications report receiving "take-down notices" that say "Cox will suspend your account and disable your connection to the Internet within 24 hours of your receipt of this e-mail if the offending material is not removed."

In Texas, users of Time Warner's Road Runner high-speed cable service in Houston, Austin and San Antonio are reporting that their ability to use KaZaA and iMesh file-sharing programs has been blocked or severely hampered.

A spokesman for Road...

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