[Infowarrior] - ISP Deletes ALL User Multimedia Files Nightly

[Richard Forno]

ISP Deletes ALL User Multimedia Files
Just in case some of them might be pirated....
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/85260

Boing Boing notes that Australian DSL provider Exetel runs an automated
script each night that deletes every and all multimedia file type (mp3, mpg,
mpeg, avi, wma) from their users' personal webspaces in order to protect
themselves from the copyright cops. According to the ISP's website:

    "Based on the MIPI's actions in March 2005 aganst another ISP (People
Telecom) and the actual finding guilty of a second ISP in July 2005
(ComCen), Exetel now believe there is a need to take more direct and
pro-active action to monitor content stored on publicly accessible servers
under its control."

Users can e-mail the ISP to opt out of this nightly housecleaning (after
movies of grandma disappear?), provided they send an e-mail promising the
ISP none of the content is copyrighted. Hopefully, AT&T's promised U.S.
industry first piracy crackdown will be somewhat more sophisticated.