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.
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?
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.
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I can’t believe I’m rooting for ISPs.
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they want to bring in the most money and expend the least effort. I can respect that.
Policing customers/users is a PITA and generally sux to do even on the smaller scale of an office. Much cheaper and easier to do nothing.
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.
You are not entitled to a platform, especially one privately-run.
