4G piracy hub go brrrrr? Go ahead, disconnect me. I will get another SIM and resume piracy.
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2025
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Several countries require proof of ID to purchase a SIM card.
Ah yes I keep forgetting about all of those countries that the US Supreme Court has jurisdiction over
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The unproven claims is the key part here. Also the point of "terminating an account would punish every user in a household" is important as well.
You can fine someone for piracy if you want. As long as they have the standard legal protections. But cutting access is excessive.
What will they do when entire College campuses lose internet access because half their students are pirating text books
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Just do what we do in Canada. Send them threatening letters. It scares 90% of parents into telling their kids to knock that shit off, but they're toothless and can't actually do anything, and the remaining 10% still pirate away. Everyone's happy.
ISPs already do that here in the states. The court case is to decide whether they should shut off access.
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Life depends more on accessing things online. This would just be punishing people beyond the scope of the case against people.
What about legitimate torrented content? Are they going to outlaw the technology outright? Don't plenty of legitimate downloads use torrents to speed up software updates and such?
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