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@lemy.lol
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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.

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      3 months ago

      well, no, there’s no amount of money the riaa/mpaa could pay them, which would justify the amounts lost to terminating services for everyone that’s pirating, lol, they’d go out of business

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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

      They would need to pay much, very much.

      The costs of doing what they want are already a big fucking burden and in reality.

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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

          The ISPs don’t want to enforce it ever usually. They like just minding their own business running the money press without idiotic disturbances.