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ISP to Supreme Court: We shouldn’t have to disconnect users accused of piracy(arstechnica.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18727811

It feels dirty to agree with an ISP on something. But even the worst corporations are on the right side of something from time to time I suppose.

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gwindli@lemy.lol
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ISPs just don’t want to be made to police copyright offenses for free. if the RIAA/MPAA paid them money to aid in enforcement, you can bet they be doing it in a heartbeat.

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Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
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I hope you’re right, and that people scrolling social media aren’t the biggest source of income to ISP’s.

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gwindli@lemy.lol
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i truly hope you’re right. enforcing copyright offenses for downloaders is an absolute waste of everyone’s resources regardless of who pays. piracy is a market force, and the corpos need to just acknowledge that.

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Facebones@reddthat.com
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Internet access needs to be made a utility and treated as such, essential as any other.

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Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de
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Is it even possible to get a job without internet access these days?

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Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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I can’t believe I’m rooting for ISPs.

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slacktoid@lemmy.ml
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To them these are customers. It’s just their material conditions.

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pbjamm@beehaw.org
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they want to bring in the most money and expend the least effort. I can respect that.

Policing customers/users is a PITA and generally sux to do even on the smaller scale of an office. Much cheaper and easier to do nothing.

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southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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Yup, they’re 100% correct

They also suck

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Dept@lemmy.sdf.org
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But internet is a service provided by a private company that’s not affiliated with the government. Free speech only applies to government actions.

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SaltySalamander@fedia.io
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There is nothing in law to recognize the internet as a “public place”. Freedom of speech literally only protects your speech from governmental censorship. Simply does not apply online, no matter how much you want it to.

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catloaf@lemm.ee
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You are not entitled to a platform, especially one privately-run.

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