Ironic, isn't it? This report, from the Association Against Audiovisual Piracy (ALPA) wasn't supposed to be released until September. However, it was leaked earlier this week to --- where else? --- the Internet.

Late Friday I received an emailed press release from Jen Howard of Free Press. You may recall that last year, both the AP and Electronic Frontier Foundation confirmed through tests that Comcast was throttling P2P communication, which eventually led to a months-long FCC investigation, launched in response to filings by Free Press and members of the SavetheInternet.com Coalition.

Antigua has fired a salvo against the United States in a long-simmering dispute over trade regulations, promising to give free reign to intellectual property piracy if the US doesn't allow Americans to access Antigua's lucrative online gambling businesses.