Andrew Cuomo

No One Can Find ISPs Who Have Agreed to RIAA's Three Strikes Plan

Stevie Converse — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:00:44 -0500

Full article: TechDirt
Mike Masnick
Since the announcement that the RIAA was supposedly dropping its lawsuit strategy in favor of a backroom deal with ISPs that was negotiated under dubious circumstances by N.Y.State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, no major ISP has agreed to the plan. The question is why not?

Cuomo to Sue Radio Ratings Company, Claiming Minorities Are Underrepresented

Stevie Converse — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:42:29 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Brian Stelter
The office of New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo said it planned to file a lawsuit this week against Arbitron, a company that compiles data on radio audiences, because of concerns that minority listeners were not being adequately represented.

Comcast Tries to Polish Image

Stevie Converse — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:18:00 -0400

Full article: Consumer Affairs
Martin H. Bosworth
Comcast has been in the midst of a public relations nightmare ever since the cable giant was caught blocking access to BitTorrent. Now its trying to polish it's tarnished public image in unexpected ways.

Comast Agrees to Sign New York's Anti-Porn Code

Stevie Converse — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:24:06 -0400

Full article: Philadelphia Inquirer
Jane M. Von Bergen
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is using a tactic to to try to reduce the availability of child pornography on the Internet that the ACLU calls problematic: The agreement allows sites to be removed "without any judicial oversight and there is something wrong with that."

New York Attorney General Will Sue Comcast If They Don't Pretend to Fight Child Porn

Stevie Converse — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:14:26 -0400

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo got ISPs to agree to highly publicized deals concerning child pornography that ISPs themselves admit don't have them doing anything differently -- except justify their elimination of newsgroup services.

New York May Sue Comcast over Net Child Porn

Stevie Converse — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:20:32 -0400

Full article: Reuters
Joseph A. Giannone
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who has pressured Internet service providers to block access to child pornography, said his office would pursue legal action against Comcast if it did not quickly agree to reforms.

New York Pressures ISPs into Blocking Child Porn Websites, News Groups

Stevie Converse — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:30:13 -0400

Full article: TechDirt
Mike Masnick
Putting the responsibility for child porn on the ISPs is the wrong solution to the problem. If the content itself is illegal, go after those actually responsible for the content. Asking ISPs to block content is starting down a very slippery slope.

Net Providers to Block Sites with Child Sex

Stevie Converse — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:50:11 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Danny Hakim
Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block access to Internet bulletin boards and Web sites nationwide that disseminate child pornography.