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ISPs tell Supreme Court they don’t want to disconnect users accused of piracy (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 months ago by ForgottenFlux to c/technology
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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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[–] [email protected] 114 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Plus, you aren’t disconnecting a person, but a whole family or business.

And since many areas in the US only have one provider, you force that family to cancel all streaming services they might have. It’s a lose-lose-lose situation.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think a big problem we don't want to address is now that we're so interconnected, internet access is a necessity that should be classified as a utility. You can't just cut off someone's electricity without notification or process because they did something bad with it and it should apply here too

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Absolutely

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Not if they get their universal digital ID system in place. It is the wet dream of tyrants of all kinds.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Shared devices would still be a problem no?

[–] wreckedcarzz 5 points 3 months ago

Sharing? Communism. Straight to jail.