Die Regeln des 5. Gerichtsbezirks: ISP hätte Internetnutzer kündigen müssen, denen Piraterie vorgeworfen wird

This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/record-labels-win-again-court-says-isp-must-terminate-users-accused-of-piracy/) reduced by 62%. (I’m a bot)
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> "The district court determined that each of Plaintiffs' 1,403 sound recordings that was infringed entitled Plaintiffs to an individual statutory damages award," the 5th Circuit said.

> "In sum, the record evidence indicates that many of the works in suit are compilations comprising individual works," the 5th Circuit court wrote.

> The US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit affirmed a jury's finding that Cox was guilty of willful contributory infringement, though it also vacated a $1 billion damages award because it found that "Cox did not profit from its subscribers' acts of infringement." Cox and other ISPs argue that copyright-infringement notices sent on behalf of record labels aren't reliable and that forcing ISPs to disconnect users based on unproven piracy accusations will cause great harm.

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The 5th circuit is a disgrace

ISPs are NOT the internet police for record companies.

That the 5th Circuit doesn’t understand an accusation is neither a conviction, nor a ruling, is pretty disturbing for a literal court.

What kind of ass backwards ruling is this

That’s like cutting off electricity. Like how can you access your bank account online and other important services?

I don’t pirate movies or music and I still find this so disturbing. Internet access is increasingly required to survive in the modern age, giving record companies unilateral power to cut people out of the digital economy is such a wild power.

Do these judges understand what the word “accused” means? Why is it the ISP’s job to convict their customers? Why can’t these copyright holders just get a court order to suspend the service?

I’m probably seeing this because I was bitching to a friend that pirating is probably a good idea since we don’t own digital content anymore. Rethinking that now.

Terminated meaning T-800 style or T-1000?

The title reads like the court wants the ISP to kill the pirates.