In a major loss for the nation’s music industry, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a major internet service provider is not liable for copyright infringement because it failed to kick known copyright violators off its network.
The lawsuit wasn’t about the ISP being liable for all piracy, but for them to be liable if they don’t take action against customers who are known pirates.
So it would be like holding the highway patrol liable if they kept letting guys with multiple DUI convictions off with a warning when they blow above the legal limit.
This comment isn’t in favor of anti-piracy policies or anything, it’s just clarifying what the case was about.
I don’t know that I agree with this analogy either. Since Highway patrol’s job is to stop drunk drivers. But an ISP just maintains the “road” and makes sure that it is available as much as possible.
Yeah, it definitely wasn’t the best one I could have come up with. I’m on day 2 of trying to workout before work and my brain is mush.
But it’s a more nuanced case than the media companies suing ISPs because customers have torrented.
And I totally agree with the SC on this one. I think a court order should be required before an ISP can terminate service based on suspected piracy.
Although the bitter security analyst in me thinks that you probably shouldn’t be using the internet if you didn’t figure out how to not get caught after the first time.
The lawsuit wasn’t about the ISP being liable for all piracy, but for them to be liable if they don’t take action against customers who are known pirates.
So it would be like holding the highway patrol liable if they kept letting guys with multiple DUI convictions off with a warning when they blow above the legal limit.
This comment isn’t in favor of anti-piracy policies or anything, it’s just clarifying what the case was about.
I don’t know that I agree with this analogy either. Since Highway patrol’s job is to stop drunk drivers. But an ISP just maintains the “road” and makes sure that it is available as much as possible.
Yeah, it definitely wasn’t the best one I could have come up with. I’m on day 2 of trying to workout before work and my brain is mush.
But it’s a more nuanced case than the media companies suing ISPs because customers have torrented.
And I totally agree with the SC on this one. I think a court order should be required before an ISP can terminate service based on suspected piracy.
Although the bitter security analyst in me thinks that you probably shouldn’t be using the internet if you didn’t figure out how to not get caught after the first time.
It’s more like suing construction crews for not personally taking the car of everyone with a speeding ticket.