Illegal Downloading? Comcast Knows.

A friend of mine told me that a couple months ago, she received an unusual email from Comcast. She said that it was a warning, and cited her as having illegally downloaded something using Emule. It was quite specific in stating what the downloaded material was, and what company was going to sue your ass if you kept at it. It then however just said something about discontinuing your service if the acts were perpetuated, but did not imply they would turn you in. She had been using BitTorrent programs though without problem.

I honestly thought about discontinuing my own Comcast service at this point. You mean these people are keeping track of what the hell I am doing in the privacy of my own home? When I can financially afford it, I am going to go to a small local company, where I can better feel the freedom an American is supposed to feel. I am tired of being gypped. Now bloggers are talking about *Fedware*, and you are wondering just how many people are sitting around on your computer…with a free passport to bypass your security systems. In the case of Comcast, they have your information via your signature on their contract. It is amazing how few of us actually read the agreements we make. I started doing so this year. Very boring, but informative. In the case of Comcast, they are sealed away behind many words, and you cannot touch them. I have not read too many such contracts yet, but I assume they all sound similar. We sign ourselves over to the corporations every day, and then discover the evilness of their ways when they harm us or steal from us. We are their slaves, and they now have our information. Small private owned business is the way to go. Build trust with the companies you interact with…know what really matters to them. People who care about you, aren’t going to stalk you and watch everything you are doing. They are also more apt to not willingly turn in your information when agencies try to take it. Many of our nation’s librarians have taken great risks for our freedom, and refused to hand over records to even federal agencies. These agencies of corporation and government, which hold hands and sleep with one another in union, they want to know what you are doing. They can only succeed at it though if we pay them to do it. Though this invasion of privacy by companies such as Comcast is in the name of upholding the law, it is merely an excuse to lay down one more shovelful of dirt over your freedom.

Over time I have been paying out less and less to callous uncaring corporate services, and finding ways around them. It is possible to bring them to their knees if many of us follow such a path. Yeah, sure, the economy will crash. What do you want…the *American Dream* or Freedom?

[tags]Freedom, Comcast, Privacy, privacy rights, Emule, bittorrent, illegal downloading, downloading, privacy invasion, corporations, American Dream, lockergnome, shadowmyth[/tags]