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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Yet another peering dispute ending in litigation?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">NANOG <nanog-bounces+ops.lists=gmail.com@nanog.org> on behalf of Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, 1 October 2021 at 7:21 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>S.Korea broadband firm sues Netflix after traffic surge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">South Korean Internet service provider SK Broadband has sued Netflix to
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pay for costs from increased network traffic and maintenance work because <br>
of a surge of viewers to the U.S. firm's content, an SK spokesperson said <br>
on Friday.<br>
[...]<br>
Last year, Netflix had brought its own lawsuit on whether it had any <br>
obligation to pay SK for network usage, arguing Netflix's duty ends with <br>
creating content and leaving it accessible. It said SK's expenses were <br>
incurred while fulfilling its contractual obligations to Internet users, <br>
and delivery in the Internet world is "free of charge as a principle", <br>
according to court documents.<br>
[...]<br>
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<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/skorea-broadband-firm-sues-netflix-after-traffic-surge-squid-game-2021-10-01/">https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/skorea-broadband-firm-sues-netflix-after-traffic-surge-squid-game-2021-10-01/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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