Supreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracy (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

3 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could determine whether Internet service providers must terminate users who are accused of copyright infringement.

In a list of orders released today, the court granted a petition filed by cable company Cox. The ISP, which was sued by Sony Music Entertainment, is trying to overturn a ruling that it is liable for copyright infringement because it failed to terminate users accused of piracy. Music companies want ISPs to disconnect users whose IP addresses are repeatedly connected to torrent downloads.

"We are pleased the US Supreme Court has decided to address these significant copyright issues that could jeopardize Internet access for all Americans and fundamentally change how Internet service providers manage their networks," Cox said today.

Read full article

Comments

From Ars Technica - All content via this RSS feed

top 3 comments

sorted by: hot top new old

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Imagine thinking your fale property rights are more important than another corpos profits

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If US ISPs do this I'm going to have to learn the names and addresses of some c-suite.

This means anyone can be accused of piracy and permanently lose their internet access.

This is a fascist control mechanism.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

IP addresses are repeatedly connected to torrent downloads

So newsgroups are still good then, at least we have that going for us. Newsgroups are not free but they are still a hell of a lot cheaper than streaming.

this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2025

21 points (100.0% liked)

Ars Technica - All Content

231 readers

10 users here now

All Ars Technica stories

founded 11 months ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]