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ISPs tell Supreme Court they don’t want to disconnect users accused of piracy (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Four more large Internet service providers told the US Supreme Court this week that ISPs shouldn't be forced to aggressively police copyright infringement on broadband networks.

While the ISPs worry about financial liability from lawsuits filed by major record labels and other copyright holders, they also argue that mass terminations of Internet users accused of piracy "would harm innocent people by depriving households, schools, hospitals, and businesses of Internet access." The legal question presented by the case "is exceptionally important to the future of the Internet," they wrote in a brief filed with the Supreme Court on Monday.

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[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it's a nice argument from the users point of view, but it won't be allowed

celebrate all you want, this won't pass muster

~ signed, a jolly roger

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

copyright holders will need to be thrown a bone,

Is there a law to support this position?

If so, where is limit? Deep packet inspection of VPN traffic? At whose expense?

[–] obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We have to accept that there is a way to break the capacity of pirating, which has been tolerated by companies by decades. VPNs can be banned, the US defense department deeply knows about Tor. So, if there is political incentive, those capacities can be banned at any time.

I think the fight needs to be a legal one. It needed to be a legal one since the inception of piracy. It just has its flaws that can be exploited by politically invested institutions.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 0 points 2 months ago

There is a limit on how much the state will abuse the plebs on behalf of corpos... they still. need us paying taxes and consuming.

piracy itself is a minor form of civil disobedience, the fun part is seeing these clowns triggered. people should not be paying for the engagement slop propganda owned by some mega corp rights holder anyway. fuck 'em