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.
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 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.
To them these are customers. It’s just their material conditions.
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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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.
