ISPs say Sony's win over Cox would force them to do "mass Internet evictions."

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.

@Bluefruit@lemmy.world
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Not everyday i agree with ISPs but here we are. Guilty of and accused of are two very different things. Innocent until proven guilty.

@j4k3@lemmy.world
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Not for potato supreme. I’m sure labels and sony bought vacations for those sub human coup supporting shits

@Bluefruit@lemmy.world
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I am not familiar with that, I’m guessing potato supreme is a username or something?

Baron Von J
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It’s an Idaho-exclusive new dish at Taco Bell.

@Bluefruit@lemmy.world
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Well it sounds delicious, and definitely not guilty of piracy

Baron Von J
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No, of course not. Piracy would sour the cream.

Hell, I don’t even want to ban users guilty of piracy. Oh no! Sony and it’s BILLIONS of dollars will surely be affected by pirating their dvd of a movie! Heavens to betsy!

ObjectivityIncarnate
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Hell, I don’t even want to ban users guilty of piracy.

Yeah, if someone shoplifts from a store, the punishment/penalty should not involve confiscating the car they drove to the store, lol.

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