so they can go fuck themselves.

They didn’t need your permission. That’s how they keep breaking records for lowest IQ. ;)

Terminate the users but only the ones that were accused

Hey someone’s gotta keep the average IQ of a lawyer bell curve balanced. I’m pretty sure the 5th circuit is the equivalent to “Florida Man” in the legal space.

In Canada, I get letters (well emails) when I rawdawg some torrents; but it’s never gone further than that.

Prior to using usenet, I constantly torrented w/o a VPN (talking 10+ TB of data across 3ish years) and received a new email notice or two every other day. I’ve still got a folder with 60+ notices. ISP doesn’t give af, they just forward the copyright notice in the form it was sent to them, and that’s it.

Now though I primarily use usenet and haven’t gotten a notice since. Downloads are also way way more reliable and faster.

ISPs won’t do shit that would affect their bottom line. If they play ball with this it’s a slippery slope to mass cullings of their subscriber base.

It is still better be on the err side and leave no trace they can use aginst.

One of my mates has been pinged for it before, but it seems like he just got a stern letter.

I put my setup behind a VPN anyway. Proton hasn’t done me wrong yet.

It’s not.

The 5th Circuit remanded the case to the district court for a new trial on damages. Record labels can expect a lower payout because the appeals court said they can’t obtain separate damages awards for multiple songs on the same album.