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Chris Mills
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Comcast has sent a cease-and-desist order to a pro-net-neutrality website fighting against a proposed FCC rule change, based on an objectively stupid copyright claim. Comcastroturf.com is a website that has been set up to help deal with anti-net-neutrality comments being posted under fake names, and has no ties to Comcast whatsoever, except for the URL.
Copyright claims against "domain name squatting" aren't some broad brush that can be used to take down any critical website: they have to fulfil a specific set of criteria, including that the use of a company's name is "likely to cause confusion."
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