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One thing that leaps out at me about this ruling is that courts understand the internet a lot better nowadays. A decade or so ago Sony would have probably gotten away with the argument that Cox profited from the users' piracy; nowadays judges themselves use the internet and are going to go "lolno, they probably would have been Cox customers anyway. It's not like anyone pays for internet connection solely to pirate. And in most areas people don't even have a choice of provider, so how is Cox profiting from this?"

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[–] [email protected] 179 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (62 children)

Don't believe that you're always gonna be protected by some judge somewhere.

Get a proper VPN, dammit!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (16 children)

Yo! What's a proper VPN these days? It seems like all the ones I used to trust went to shit.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (8 children)

Edit: looks like I need a new VPN...

I use private internet access (pia). It's reasonably priced, really good for the number of devices, and I don't believe they keep logs. At least it used to be that way, but I haven't checked that since I signed up a decade ago. I have had zero issues with anything or anyone while using it for any reason. Uptime is basically 100%. Also has mobile support if that matters.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (2 children)

They got bought by an Israeli adware company a few years back

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Flashbacks of waterfox browser and system11 😕

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