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Supreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracy

a year ago by Tony Bark to c/technology

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PanaX 271 points a year ago

Based on that logic, ammunition and arms manufacturers should be held liable for damages as well.

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compostgoblin 162 points a year ago

Yes, but that would mean that logic has any bearing on what the Supreme Court decides to do

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huquad 50 points a year ago

I hate that you're absolutely correct

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ryper 34 points a year ago

The US has a law to limit the liability of gun manufacturers.

The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) is a U.S law, passed in 2005, that protects firearms manufacturers and dealers from being held liable when crimes have been committed with their products. Both arms manufacturers and dealers can still be held liable for damages resulting from defective products, breach of contract, criminal misconduct, and other actions for which they are directly responsible. However, they may be held liable for negligent entrustment if it is found that they had reason to believe a firearm was intended for use in a crime.

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Luffy879 15 points a year ago

Because of fucking course there is

Were talking about Jesusland after all

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masterofn001 22 points a year ago

More like, if you steal something you are banned from using roads and sidewalks and doors.

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NauticalNoodle 12 points a year ago

Yeah, sure but to "steal something" is to imply that you're depriving the original owner use of the thing you stole. This is more like making an exact copy depriving nobody of use of the original thing.

it's more like depriving someone use of roads, sidewalks, and doors because they got caught walking out of Kinkos

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yggstyle 3 points a year ago

Gonna be a lot of issues that come from this. Legally speaking. It's already on the books that an IP address doesn't represent a single person... so I'm not terribly clear on how they plan to enforce this even if it were to pass.

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