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

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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] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There's got to be a way to just decriminalize piracy

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Wow, unusual for them but based

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Not really unusual. They don't care if you pirate stuff, they just want you to pay for internet access. They only sent notices and such to keep the rights holders happy.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

People need to come into contact with the Internet that isn't based on streaming asap. We need laws worldwide that prevent blocking access to knowledge - the most basic and guaranteed by constitutions worldwide right. Books, music, films and games. People should have at least some access to them. I can't imagine a world where I'm licensed to my books by Amazon. It's just awful. Something needs to be brought together before publishers make this a crime.

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