The statement that "pirating online content could affect thermostats and security cameras" is completely ridiculous. If the Internet Service Provider (ISP) is 100% sure that users are engaged in piracy then they should be able to take action on a specific connection (example: a torrent port / program) without affecting the rest of the Internet speeds.
faq/isp_complaints - Piracy - reddit If an ISP cared about your piracy habits, they would simply block access to pirate websites instead of constantly monitoring their users for acts of piracy. The blame lies with copyright trolls, parties that monitor the distribution of copyrighted material and use “mass copyright litigation to extract settlements from individuals”. ISP Issues Bizarre Warning to Customers Engaged in Piracy The statement that "pirating online content could affect thermostats and security cameras" is completely ridiculous. If the Internet Service Provider (ISP) is 100% sure that users are engaged in piracy then they should be able to take action on a specific connection (example: a torrent port / program) without affecting the rest of the Internet speeds. Anti-Piracy Outfit "Works With ISPs" to Monitor Pirate Sep 22, 2019 Grandma endures wrongful ISP piracy suspension - CNET
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Jul 08, 2011
Debating an ISP Piracy Tax - One man's ingenious new idea Last March the music industry announced they'd created a new organization tasked with trying to implement a music "piracy tax."In essence, users would pay their ISP $5-$10 a month for the right to ISP Piracy Warnings: What You Need to Know Jul 08, 2011