Case Studies

Comcast
Comcast: In 2008 cable giant Comcast was taken to task by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and members of Congress for interfering with peer-to-peer technologies such as BitTorrent, thereby intruding upon its users' freedom of speech. The widespread press coverage, along with legislative and administrative inquiries, led Comcast to pledge to change its behavior. Nevertheless, the company has been hit with a class-action lawsuit for making false representations about its service and may be paying for its anti-free speech mistake for years to come.