You may not think that the decision in the case against The Pirate Bay effects you...oh you are so wrong.
The RIAA and the MPAA were on their last legs having created so much ill will by suing grandmothers and children for illegally downloading content. Now, this case gives them a new lease on life by setting legal precedence that anyone "assisting in infrigement" is fair game. That could allow the RIAA to sue any ISP that illegaly transmits copyrighted material.
This ruling throws into doubt the very nature of the Internet....the kind or monitoring necessary for an ISP to GAURANTEE they are not transmitting illegal material is hugely expensive and highly impractical. Internet Service Providers will either have to pay outrageous carrier fees and usage rights to copyright holders or face mountainous law suits by groups like the RIAA.
However this breaks YOU are going to end up footing the bill by seeing an huge increase in the cost of your internet service.
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