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Record labels sue Verizon for not disconnecting pirates’ Internet service (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 120 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Fuck record labels, having an internet connection is a basic human right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_Internet_access

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If it's an actual human right how come it gets cut off if you don't pay your bills?

I used to work for a water company in an admin role and one of the things that I learned was we can't actually cut people's water off because it's a safety issue and a human right to have access to water at all times. If people didn't pay their bills all that really happened was they got threatening letters but nothing ever actually happened to their water supply.

Also cutting off water is a pain because you have to physically send an engineer out to go do it you can't do it remotely. At least not in 2011 when I last worked there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I have the basic right for a roof over my head but doesn't mean I don't have to pay my rent. If I get thrown out of my house I still have basic rights, including food, water, clothing, housing, medical care and other necessary social services, including internet access as it is required to have interaction with government social services.

Water will only stay connected if it has medical emergency, otherwise it will be disconnected when bills are not paid and no reaction from the customer. One can ask for water containers before disconnection. Water company's are required to give each person in the household a minimum of 3 liters per day for 4 days. Government will intermediate between company and customer for re-connection through a debt counselling program.

That's how basic rights work over here.

Edit: added "per day".

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

I barely trust my VPN but it's far more reliable than any "rights".