cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18727811
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.
Because it takes work for them for no pay. If they get paid they will do it in an instant.
That and they are the bad guy now, not the copyright holders.
The picture: cutting an unplugged cable…
An ethernet cable, not a telephone or optical fibre cable
Of course they don’t want to force paying customers to, y’know, stop being paying customers.
FYI, this was posted a couple weeks ago https://biglemmowski.win/post/1993687
Now the question is whether ISPs or labels can offer the “supreme” court the bigger bribe.
even the worst corporations are on the right side of something from time
Well, corporations (best and worst) are always on their own side… which sometimes happens to be the same as their customers’ :)
I agree!
One cool thing about piracy battles is ISPs’ interests are aligned with the pirates. It’s the record labels who are against it.
Imagine them disconnecting someone’s land-line phone if they detected heresy against Zeus & Mount Olympus.
They should argue that they are not qualified to be a police force, nor a courthouse. They are simply a private business & a utility.
A better analogy might be shutting off their water because they were using it to make naughty ice sculptures, which are forbidden by the HOA.
& a utility
Oh they don’t want that one.
Yup. That’s a no no word. Like. Socialism.
If the US only awarded actual damages like most of the rest of the world, instead of inflated punitive damages, then this would pretty much be a non-issue. Rightsholders in the US see targeting copyright infringement as a source of income, not a necessary indemnity.
