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Supreme Court wants US input on whether ISPs should be liable for users’ piracy (arstechnica.com)

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SCOTUS asks US government for its view on $1 billion Sony v. Cox case.

Case file: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/supreme-court-may-decide-whether-isps-must-terminate-users-accused-of-piracy/

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, guns serve the majority of their purpose not by being fired but by sitting there being ready to be fired.

A person can buy a gun, carry it, fire it zero times, and benefit enormously from that interaction. That can materially improve their life and safety.

This is a little abstract so it can be hard to grasp, but the gun serves a valuable function perfectly well in the moments it is not being fired. The gun’s job, in those moments, is to be capable of firing. Introducing the potential of those other use cases, is itself a use case.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

If that's true then why is there so much more gun violence in the US? Other countries with strict gun laws don't seem to have an issue with a deficit of guns sitting around ready to be fired.