Digital Millennium Copyright Act charges may force an independent Internet service provider and its controversial clients offline next month.

The Thing has provided Internet connectivity, technical support and Web design services to New York City artists and political activists for over a decade.

But at the beginning of December, Wolfgang Staehle, owner and director of The Thing, was notified by his service provider, Verio, that The Thing's Internet connection would be severed on Feb. 28, 2003.

Staehle said Verio is pulling the plug on The Thing due to charges that one of its clients violated the DMCA by posting a parody website mocking Dow Chemical company.

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