Great sentiment but we all know a business will get a pass for this just like when Meta got busted torrenting all those books and were told its okay because they’re using it to train their AI.
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Prox@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I’m gonna go to businesses I don’t like, hop on the Wi-Fi, and pirate from all the most obvious trackers.
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
KelvarCherry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
only one way to find out!
Kissaki@feddit.org 3 days ago
Is that the conclusion? I thought that’s still under investigation. I remember reading about it months after the first reports.
gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
It intentionally got buried in legal, it’s likely going to take 10 years and end up as a settlement out of court
willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
Selective enforcement.
ChaosSpectre@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
This seems like the best strategy realistically. If scotus makes it everyones problem, then make it a problem for those with the most to lose from losing internet access.
Starbucks in particular would have a bad time lol
douglasg14b@lemmy.world 4 days ago
They wouldn’t though, large businesses see no consequences from laws that you and I would see consequences for.
Zoot@reddthat.com 3 days ago
Then you get your pirated content with no worry, for once I seethis as a win win!
douglasg14b@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Naw, they will figure out how to target you specifically.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Nah, then it just becomes a defacto situation of the content creation companies (Disney, Sony, etc) owning the telecom companies. So you will truly be a single content household, like a Disney Household or a Paramount Household.
Jarix@lemmy.world 4 days ago
… And Sean Kennedy’s listener licence becomes just a little closer to reality.
(I know that no one knows who that is, but Tales From the Afternoon was ironically prophetic and well ahead of it’s time. Unfortunately I’m one of a very few people who knows who he is lol)