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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.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They don't give a shit about targeting accusations only towards people torrenting copyrighted stuff. Why would they? They have no consequences for being incorrect.

They are doing this automatically. They just grab all the magnet links they can find and target any IP they connect to, regardless of the content.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

They have no consequences for being incorrect.

Which is why the DMCA shit is also bullshit.

Multiple false claims should result in you being banned from making future claims.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

That's not how it would work for us. We'd receive a report from the MPAA/RIAA that showed the torrent they were downloading, the IP address involved, if they were seeding or leeching and an affidavit saying that all the information was correct to the best of their knowledge.

The letter we sent basically was a notification that we received that letter (with a copy) and that if we received two more for the same IP (three in total) we would have to release their information to the reporting body and that they could be open to legal action. It also included some information on how to secure their network and check for viruses in case that was the cause.

In my 15 years working there, we never once released information about a client. Because this was business accounts, most clients had multiple IPs (at least a /29) and would cycle what IPs they showed up as on the public Internet to keep them from getting multiple notices on the same IP. The music venue I mentioned had an entire /24.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Add increasing penalties to that.