Cox tries to get contributory infringement ruling in Sony lawsuit overturned.

It feels dirty to agree with an ISP on something. But even the worst corporations are on the right side of something from time to time I suppose.

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Internet shutoffs shouldn’t be a thing, outside of non-payment or legitimate abuse. If I do something illegal, they should have to sue me, not shut off my internet.

    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Yeah, they don’t disconnect a criminals phone service because they committed a crime and made a phone call. It makes no damned sense.

      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Actually, that’s been done several times over the decades. As well as banning computer access. The guy caught hacking into the fbi gets his mouse and keyboard taken away.

      • this_1_is_mine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Only happens as a matter by court order and is a limit on the person not on the corporations. Though if found out after by the court it can be ordered terminated. And you will face further punishment.

    • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      If you do something illegal, you should be arrested.

      Copyright infringement lawsuits are a far cry from bomb threats or the like.

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Yeah, I’ve been ticketed for speeding, and that certainly doesn’t come with the threat of arrest unless I’m driving super recklessly or something (but that’s a different offense altogether).

        • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          So you’re saying copyright infringement is on par with speeding or parking past the meter’s end? Eh, fair enough.

          • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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            3 months ago

            Honestly it is less severe than speeding. Copyright was an invention of the pre-digital era. Now that we all use computers, so many things we do every day are technically copyright infringement that it is absurd to even have these kinds of conversations.

          • Jarix@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            3 months ago

            I was just pointing out a logical fallacy. It’s literally impossible to do the thing you said.

            This is just facts, they aren’t an opinion

    • oconnordaniel@infosec.pubEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Maybe not a court order. But I could get behind a process similar to other utilities where you have months or warning and paperwork.