一个多月以前我们报道了域名售卖公司Network Solutions的丑闻，这桩丑闻来自于这家公司所谓的“客户保护计划”，这个计划规定凡是用户在这家公司网站上查找的域名，都将被自动锁定(lock)4天，在这4天时间里只能从该公司购得该域名。

这样做的直接坏处就是，即使你曾经在别的域名售卖公司看到过更便宜的相同域名，只要你在network solutions搜索过该域名，在4天里只能在该公司购买。

今天，洛杉矶的一家公司以“超前交易（front running）” 的罪名起诉了该公司。同时被诉的还有ICANN（互联网名称与数字地址分配机构），因为他们没有阻止这种超前交易的行为。

Lawsuit targets Network Solutions, ICANN over the ‘front running’ of domain names

(via networkworld) This one was as predictable as lawsuits ever get: A Los Angeles firm this afternoon has announced a class action against Network Solutions and ICANN over the former’s practice of locking up domain names as soon as they are searched for on its site, which means the party searching can buy the name only from Network Solutions.

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据路透社报道，6家美国电影公司今天起诉迅雷侵权，要求迅雷承认过去传播未经授权的好莱坞电影的行为，保证以后限制此类行为发生，并要求赔偿损失超过700万人民币。

Google占有比例不详的迅雷股份。

Film studios seek damages from Chinese online firm

(via Reuters) Six U.S. film studios have filed civil complaints against Chinese file-sharing firm Xunlei Networking Technology Co Ltd, part-owned by Google Inc. Read more.

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Comcast公司周一宣布，已经正式接到美国通讯委员会（FCC）的调查函，该公司涉嫌严重干涉其宽带用户的使用某种特定的网络文件传输方式（P2P）。事件的详细起因请看之前的报道“美国ISP着手另类网络内容审查”。

很多公司由于同样使用P2P方式传输文件，也受到了Comcast的限制。一家叫Vuze的公司单独向FCC提起诉讼，希望FCC能够澄清，网络服务提供商（ISP）到底有多大权限控制用户的流量。

更新：经过FCC几次听证之后，3月27日，Comcast和BitTorrent两家公司签订了互谅协议，互相协作，更有效的解决富媒体文件传输问题和网络空间容量管理。Comcast不再对来自BitTorrent的流量进行限制。

此事到此显然还没有结束，因为这只是这两家公司之间的行为，更大的命题在于网络中立的原则能否确认，甚至立法加以保障。

FCC asks Comcast about Internet filter

(via Yahoo!news reported by AP)

Comcast Corp. Monday said it has received letters of inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission regarding complaints that the company actively interferes with its subscribers’ Internet traffic.

A coalition of consumer groups and legal scholars asked the agency in November to stop Comcast from discriminating against the sharing of certain types of Internet data among subscribers. Read more.

Update: Comcast Corporation and BitTorrent, Inc. announced today that they will undertake a collaborative effort with one another and with the broader Internet and ISP community to more effectively address issues associated with  rich media content and network capacity management. While BitTorrent and Comcast are talking directly, they are also in discussions with other parties to help facilitate a broader dialogue and cooperation across industries. Read more.

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