Copyright holders hire services that use bots to monitor file-sharing networks and send ISPs millions of notices a year alleging infringement by someone at a particular IP address, Cox told the Supreme Court. Cox said that ISPs "have no way of verifying whether a bot-generated notice is accurate" and that even if the notices are accurate, terminating an account would punish every user in a household where only one person may have illegally downloaded copyrighted files.

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[–] 17 points 1 year ago

Even if you were convicted of it that doesn't seem like a suitable punishment. What if you didn't even use the Internet to copy whatever it was? If I used a VCR to copy a video would I be banned from VCRs?

Why does the copyright owner get to dictate the punishment? When someone steals from a regular person the judge doesn't ask the person what the punishment should be.

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