FCC to bar ISP block of file sharing
From Times Staff and Wire Services
The Federal Communications Commission will adopt rules barring Internet service providers such as Comcast Corp. from interfering with customers’ ability to share videos and other online files.
A majority of the five-member commission has agreed that the FCC can halt the practice, Chairman Kevin J. Martin said. The agency has scheduled an Aug. 1 public hearing for a vote.
The agency also plans to censure Comcast for interfering with customers using peer-to-peer file-sharing services, according to two people with knowledge of the plans.
