ISP to Supreme Court: We shouldn’t have to disconnect users accused of piracy

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.

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ISPs just don't want to be made to police copyright offenses for free. if the RIAA/MPAA paid them money to aid in enforcement, you can bet they be doing it in a heartbeat.
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  I hope you're right, and that people scrolling social media aren't the biggest source of income to ISP's.
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  i truly hope you're right. enforcing copyright offenses for downloaders is an absolute waste of everyone's resources regardless of who pays. piracy is a market force, and the corpos need to just acknowledge that.
Internet access needs to be made a utility and treated as such, essential as any other.
- Is it even possible to get a job without internet access these days?
I can't believe I'm rooting for ISPs.
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- To them these are customers. It's just their material conditions.
- they want to bring in the most money and expend the least effort. I can respect that.
  
  Policing customers/users is a PITA and generally sux to do even on the smaller scale of an office. Much cheaper and easier to do nothing.
Yup, they're 100% correct

They also suck
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- But internet is a service provided by a private company that's not affiliated with the government. Free speech only applies to government actions.
  
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- You are not entitled to a platform, especially one privately-run.

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