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[–] sturlabragason@lemmy.world 70 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] PeachMan@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Protip for anyone unfamiliar: Mullvad really is the gold standard for a private VPN. If you just want to pirate shit and not get angry letters from your ISP, Nord or PIA will accomplish that. But if you REALLY want privacy, Mullvad is it.

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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

4G piracy hub go brrrrr? Go ahead, disconnect me. I will get another SIM and resume piracy.

[–] r0ertel@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Several countries require proof of ID to purchase a SIM card.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Ah yes I keep forgetting about all of those countries that the US Supreme Court has jurisdiction over

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[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

(Donald trump voice) "We should hold all food companys liable for users violent crimes, this man stabbed another man to death with a spoon! 30 minutes before he ate kraft mac and cheese. It gave him the energy to violently stab this innocent man"

Lets hope they got common sense

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 48 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The mere accusation causing someone to lose the Internet, which is vital to modern life, would be insane.

Additionally, it would do little to nothing to stop piracy.

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 29 points 2 days ago (7 children)

they actually do think that if you stop piracy people will flock back to streaming services when in reality all that will happen is i'll just watch more twitch.

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[–] solarspark@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

Life depends more on accessing things online. This would just be punishing people beyond the scope of the case against people.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 43 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I'm not doing piracy, I'm just trading a lot of data packets with a Proton Server in Switzerland, nothing to see here 😉

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The unproven claims is the key part here. Also the point of "terminating an account would punish every user in a household" is important as well.

You can fine someone for piracy if you want. As long as they have the standard legal protections. But cutting access is excessive.

[–] Sickday@kbin.earth 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What will they do when entire College campuses lose internet access because half their students are pirating text books

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[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just do what we do in Canada. Send them threatening letters. It scares 90% of parents into telling their kids to knock that shit off, but they're toothless and can't actually do anything, and the remaining 10% still pirate away. Everyone's happy.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 days ago (3 children)

ISPs already do that here in the states. The court case is to decide whether they should shut off access.

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[–] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

According to the article this is the USA. How on brand.

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