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Record labels sue Verizon for not disconnecting pirates’ Internet service (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 22 points 11 months ago

Agreed. I don't understand why internet access gets treated as some sort of luxury when it is impossible to function as part of society without it.

[-] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Probably because if we admit that it’s a necessity of the modern age like power and water, it would basically need to be metered like a utility, and there goes all the profits with flat rate “up to” speed pricing that most people don’t even remotely use.