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So what would that mean in practice? ISP's would buy into some stupid "great firewall" thing built by, say, McKinsey, that works in the most obvious cases, so t

by davidw 2y ago

So what would that mean in practice? ISP's would buy into some stupid "great firewall" thing built by, say, McKinsey, that works in the most obvious cases, so they can claim "they're doing their part"?

trod1234 2y ago
ISPs would be required to disconnect people who are found to be connected to various torrent sites under the claim that they pirate, then it expands to perfectly legitimate sites, and then the internet becomes useless, and violence breaks out. The simple claim and bureaucratic framework similar to DMCA would largely bypass the courts and deprive people of their paid services, as well as access needed for various societal tasks (i.e. passports, mail issues, taxes, etc) first without due process. Basically the same as getting an injunction without having to see a judge or provide adequate proof. In other words the RIAA and their friends, under color of law may become its own kangaroo court or something along those lines.
- 7e 2y ago
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  - dang 2y ago
    Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. I'm talking about comments like the one you posted here, plus these: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42191168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42191168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42083498 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42083498 We don't need you to change your views, just not to degrade the site like this. If you'd like to share your views thoughtfully and substantively, that would of course be fine. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

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So what would that mean in practice? ISP's would buy into some stupid "great firewall" thing built by, say, McKinsey, that works in the most obvious cases, so t

by davidw 2y ago

trod1234 2y ago
ISPs would be required to disconnect people who are found to be connected to various torrent sites under the claim that they pirate, then it expands to perfectly legitimate sites, and then the internet becomes useless, and violence breaks out. The simple claim and bureaucratic framework similar to DMCA would largely bypass the courts and deprive people of their paid services, as well as access needed for various societal tasks (i.e. passports, mail issues, taxes, etc) first without due process. Basically the same as getting an injunction without having to see a judge or provide adequate proof. In other words the RIAA and their friends, under color of law may become its own kangaroo court or something along those lines.
- 7e 2y ago
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  - dang 2y ago
    Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. I'm talking about comments like the one you posted here, plus these: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42191168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42191168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42083498 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42083498 We don't need you to change your views, just not to degrade the site like this. If you'd like to share your views thoughtfully and substantively, that would of course be fine. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.