A 6th Circuit Panel affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Michigan District for dismissing a suit by Comcast broadband users for alleged privacy violations.

The 6th Circuit panel relied on a prior U.S. Supreme Court holding that broadband is an “information service” rather than a “telecommunications service” — even if the data travels over the same wire as cable television.

The information collected by Comcast from users included ip addresses, websites visited, email messages, files downloaded. The information could be cross-referenced with other customer records maintained by Comcast to link particular customer accounts to particular ip addresses.

The events which gave rise to the original complaint occurred between December, 2001 and February, 2002.

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Does Sen. McCain’s campaign seriously think that the feminists who supported Sen. Clinton and who have now pledged support to Sen. Obama are going to let Miss-Almost-Alaska get away with trying to brand herself nationally as a feminist and an advocate for women’s issues?

Sen. Obama now needs Sen. Clinton to set the record straight. And if not Sen. Clinton, then a line should form.