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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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[–] Thekingoflorda 405 points 4 months ago (7 children)

They’re 100% only doing this for money, but still, nice to see them in the right for once.

[–] [email protected] 180 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Sometimes people do the right thing for the wrong reasons.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

or achieved unsuccessfully?

i cant decide

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Something something broken clock

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 134 points 4 months ago (2 children)

A lot of it is the sheer bureaucracy of chasing down actual pirates and weeding them from people who just happen to be on the same IP address.

If one guy visiting an apartment block downloads a torrent from a public connection, what is ATT supposed to do? Shut down Internet to the entire building?

This is an undue burden for ISPs, even if the content isn't living in a gray zone of legality.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah IP owners really want to have all the benefits of ownership with none of the drawbacks. After lobbying for and receiving a blank check to be able to rent seek indefinitely, they are constantly acting to outsource any cost of detection and enforcement of "their" property. Disgusting how goddamn entitled they are.

[–] primrosepathspeedrun 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

this is why everyone should pirate literally anything they can, even if they don't particularly want it.

er, with a few very gross exceptions that shouldn't exist.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

something something broken clock

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Ohh for sure, they know that if they get rid of the pirates, they'd lose half their customer base and will struggle to pay the CEOs bonus.

[–] gedaliyah 5 points 4 months ago

I guess even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[–] sibannac 3 points 4 months ago

If you disconnect them you can charge them fees