"Cox did not profit from its subscribers' acts of infringement," judges rule.

One thing that leaps out at me about this ruling is that courts understand the internet a lot better nowadays. A decade or so ago Sony would have probably gotten away with the argument that Cox profited from the users’ piracy; nowadays judges themselves use the internet and are going to go “lolno, they probably would have been Cox customers anyway. It’s not like anyone pays for internet connection solely to pirate. And in most areas people don’t even have a choice of provider, so how is Cox profiting from this?”

    • Lemonparty@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Yo! What exactly is different about private trackers? Like how does that help? Im lucky enough to have one but due to the seed ratio rules, I find myself downloading from my usual sites more frequently because I worry about seeding indefinitely.

    • nintendiator@feddit.clEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      “don’t use public trackers”

      it’s next to impossible to qualify for a private tracker

      let alone if the one you find has the stuff you want

      let alone making their so-called “ratio”

      ¿???

    • BolexForSoup@kbin.social
      62·
      1 year ago

      Folks need to learn how to rip. It’s a little more tedious but you can’t be tracked and the quality is almost always better. Even the most inexperienced can get started after a few hours of research and tinkering.

    • nintendiator@feddit.clEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      “don’t use public trackers”

      it’s next to impossible to qualify for a private tracker

      let alone if the one you find has the stuff you want

      let alone making their so-called “ratio”

      ¿???