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US ISPs Refuse To Disconnect Persistent Pirates (torrentfreak.com)

Posted by msmash on from the stand-on-piracy dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The U.S. broadband association USTelecom, a trade association representing many ISPs, is taking a stand against abusive takedown notices and a recent push to terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. They argue that ISPs are not required to pass on takedown notices and stress that their subscribers shouldn't lose Internet access based solely on copyright holder complaints. ustelecoSigned into law nearly two decades ago, the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) aimed to ready copyright law for the digital age. The law introduced a safe harbor for Internet providers, meaning that they can't be held liable for their pirating users as long as they 'deal' with repeat infringers.

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  1. Re:Define Pirates by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Look, I know Americans don't get it, but you signed two treaties: one with Canada, which grants Canadian citizens in the US the same rights of privacy and data access they have in Canada, stronger rights than Americans.

    And another one with the EU, which does the same thing.

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  2. The *AA organizations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Personally I'm amazed at how goddamn lazy the RIAA and MPAA have gotten. Do they even do anything to earn their money these days or just go around demanding that everyone else to do their job for them? I wish I had a few billion dollars so I could whine to congress about how hard my job is and everyone else should do it for me for free.

  3. Re:The customer losses would be too big. by NatasRevol · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This is a good idea in theory.

    But then the ISPs get bought by the media conglomerates who also own the movie/music companies.
    I'm not sure where that all ends up, but probably some ugly meetings.

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  4. Rare pleasure by sjames · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I hardly ever get to say this, but I agree with the ISPs whole heatedly. It's not their problem. It's not their job or their legal obligation to do anything about those notices the *IAA and other "reputable organizations" like Prenda send out every time a bird chirps. Especially now that the FCC has made them title ii.

    They don't get to sentence people to digital exile on their whim.