Viacom is threatening to block online access to TV shows (South Park, etc) for Time Warner Cable users, is this Legal?
Starting on Jan 7, if this isn't resolved, Viacom is yanking their channels from the TW Cable lineup. **Furthermore** (this is the more interesting part) they are apparently threatening to block TW cable modem users from accessing Viacom television content online (!) This would be accomplished via an IP range block at Viacom's end.
My question is this: Is there a possible legal response to Viacom's actions? If this happened, would Viacom be in violation of Net Neutrality concepts?
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If they do go through with it and set up the IP range block, Time Warner can sue and will likely win. You can't section off portions of the internet for specific ISPs. I'm 100% sure that if this happens, it will be overturned.
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So no, I see no legal possible legal response to Viacom's actions.
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Second of all, this would be legal.
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I'm glad my provider places nicely with others...
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It's pretty strange that they're even threatening it since it is extremely unlikely to come to fruition. But, I'm sure they'll give it a shot, unless they have smart lawyers that give them smart advice.