That is not a dystopian fantasy, but a real possibility raised by a case the Supreme Court will hear on Monday.

“Imagine losing internet access because someone in your household downloaded pirated music.”

  • themurphy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    241·
    10 hours ago

    Exactly this. Streaming was a thing long time before Netflix, but they made it so damn easy.

    Now Netflix fucked it, and streaming piracy became so damn easy that more people did it than before.

    If they close down piracy streaming/download, guess what. Dark web access, or i2p maybe, will be so damn easy.

    People are willing to do it, if there’s no service that’s worth it’s money.

    Piracy is a service issue. Most of us would pay, if the service is good enough.