cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18727811

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.

  • gwindli
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    3 months ago

    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.

      • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
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        3 months ago

        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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        3 months ago

        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.

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    3 months ago

    Internet access needs to be made a utility and treated as such, essential as any other.

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      2 months ago

      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.

    • Dept@lemmy.sdf.org
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      3 months ago

      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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          3 months ago

          There is nothing in law to recognize the internet as a “public place”. Freedom of speech literally only protects your speech from governmental censorship. Simply does not apply online, no matter how much you want it to.

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      3 months ago

      You are not entitled to a platform, especially one privately-run.