Cox tries to get contributory infringement ruling in Sony lawsuit overturned.

It feels dirty to agree with an ISP on something. But even the worst corporations are on the right side of something from time to time I suppose.

  • the post of tom joadEnglish
    30•3 months ago

    I know you know this but it bears saying explicitly: it’s because pretty much all laws are out there to enforce property first. Humanity is secondary. We all know implicitly that it’s not illegal to share your water because it’s unethical. It is illegal because making it illegal protects the water company’s profits, humanity be damned.

      • @[email protected]English
        17•3 months ago

        I think you misinterpreted, because you two are saying the same thing. It is ethical to share. Therefore, it has not been made illegal for being unethical (because it is ethical), it has been made illegal to protect profits.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•3 months ago

      For sure. Even when it isn’t a law the same outcome happens when corporations get the police to enforce their policies.

      • the post of tom joadEnglish
        6•3 months ago

        Because your sharing your water with them disincentivizes their paying their bill.

        Extrapolating on this, if you could legally share your water with the neighborhood couldn’t an enterprising person with a zeriscaped yard sell their water to a thirsty lawned neighbor? That’s money the water company considers theirs