Grandmother is falsely accused of file-sharing

Jared Newman
Myce
February 4, 2010

[efoods]A woman falsely accused of downloading copyrighted movies might’ve lost her Internet connection had she not taken her case to the media.

CNet reports — and was involved in — the story of Cathi “Cat” Paradiso, a 53-year-old artist and grandmother who lives in Pueblo, Colorado. Last month, Paradiso’s Internet service provider, Qwest, accused her multiple times of downloading movies and TV shows. While Paradiso scratched her head over the accusations — she wasn’t a fan of films like “Zombieland” — the copyright complaints piled up until Qwest said she had illegally downloaded 18 videos.

Paradiso insisted that she hadn’t downloaded those files, but to no avail. Eventually, Qwest suspended her connection, a devastating move because she works as a recruiter from home. That’s when she got in touch with CNet, and reporter Greg Sandoval started making inquiries. After digging a little deeper, Qwest realized Paradiso wasn’t at fault, and restored her Internet connection.

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