BrikoXM to Legal NewsEnglish · 1 month agoSupreme Court wants US input on whether ISPs should be liable for users’ piracyarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkSupreme Court wants US input on whether ISPs should be liable for users’ piracyarstechnica.comBrikoXM to Legal NewsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
SCOTUS asks US government for its view on $1 billion Sony v. Cox case. Case file: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/supreme-court-may-decide-whether-isps-must-terminate-users-accused-of-piracy/
minus-squarejust_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·1 month agoThats not a good comparison, guns are designed to kill (whether good or bad, legal or illegal) ISPs or internet has quite a lot of other uses than piracy. Your intent is right, but the example is wrong…
minus-squareJakenVeina@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoNah, it’s a great example, for exactly the reason you said. The argument for holding gun manufacturers liable is BETTER than the argument for ISPs, so if it doesn’t work for gun manufacturers, it DEFINITELY doesn’t work for ISPs.
Thats not a good comparison, guns are designed to kill (whether good or bad, legal or illegal)
ISPs or internet has quite a lot of other uses than piracy.
Your intent is right, but the example is wrong…
Nah, it’s a great example, for exactly the reason you said.
The argument for holding gun manufacturers liable is BETTER than the argument for ISPs, so if it doesn’t work for gun manufacturers, it DEFINITELY doesn’t work for ISPs.