Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours agoSupreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracyarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1579arrow-down15
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minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·17 hours agoJust do what we do in Canada. Send them threatening letters. It scares 90% of parents into telling their kids to knock that shit off, but they’re toothless and can’t actually do anything, and the remaining 10% still pirate away. Everyone’s happy.
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·17 hours agoISPs already do that here in the states. The court case is to decide whether they should shut off access.
minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoI can tell you that Mediacom cable will cut your service off for it, and you have to call in and get scolded before they turn it back on. And, if it happens 3 times, your service is disconnected permanently.
minus-squarePacattack57@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·14 hours agoI believe ISPs do not want to cut people off. All that does is push you to a competitor. They want to be able to hold you liable for damages
minus-squareSabata@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoI got one then another, then got a VPN…
Just do what we do in Canada. Send them threatening letters. It scares 90% of parents into telling their kids to knock that shit off, but they’re toothless and can’t actually do anything, and the remaining 10% still pirate away. Everyone’s happy.
ISPs already do that here in the states. The court case is to decide whether they should shut off access.
I can tell you that Mediacom cable will cut your service off for it, and you have to call in and get scolded before they turn it back on.
And, if it happens 3 times, your service is disconnected permanently.
I believe ISPs do not want to cut people off. All that does is push you to a competitor. They want to be able to hold you liable for damages
I got one then another, then got a VPN…