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One thing that leaps out at me about this ruling is that courts understand the internet a lot better nowadays. A decade or so ago Sony would have probably gotten away with the argument that Cox profited from the users' piracy; nowadays judges themselves use the internet and are going to go "lolno, they probably would have been Cox customers anyway. It's not like anyone pays for internet connection solely to pirate. And in most areas people don't even have a choice of provider, so how is Cox profiting from this?"

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[–] doc@kbin.social 118 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Ain't nobody going to talk about that guy in the thumbnail eating a CD while wearing that hat? Stock photos are weird.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 41 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That’s how true hackers read the data without a cd-rom drive.

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 13 points 9 months ago

i thought he was munching it into shape so it would fit the floppy drive.

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