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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Aug-2024 02:40:57 JST Ars Technica

   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.

   https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/isp-to-supreme-court-we-shouldnt-have-to-disconnect-users-accused-of-piracy/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Lothus Marque (lothus@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Aug-2024 03:31:11 JST Lothus Marque

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     @arstechnica I absolutely detest the whole "We said they're doing this, therefore you need to punish them on our say-so" routine... when all they have is an IP address at best. Cox provides a pipeline, and if anything they profit LESS (however tiny the amount) when people use it to download/share more things, so...

   • SofaKingHigh (buthowhighishigh@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Aug-2024 00:44:31 JST SofaKingHigh

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     @arstechnica fuck em, hope Sony goes broke and won’t buy anything they’ve made, useless money grubbers