Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoSupreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracyarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1702arrow-down16
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minus-squareyucandu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 days 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-down1·3 days agoISPs already do that here in the states. The court case is to decide whether they should shut off access.
minus-squarePacattack57@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days 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-squareHiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days 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-squareSabata@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days 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 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 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 got one then another, then got a VPN…