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

Posted by msmash on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @06:10AM 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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Re:Define Pirates by WillAffleckUW · 2016-04-12 06:31 · 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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Rare pleasure by sjames · 2016-04-12 07:16 · 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.