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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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[–] jerrythegenius@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've heard proton and mullvad are pretty good

[–] iliketrains@kbin.social 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

mullvad no longer portforwards, so probably not a good option to torrent with. proton is good if you use their whole ecosystem.

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 3 points 7 months ago

Proton does port forwarding

[–] squid_slime@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I do miss port forwarding but could you explain why its necessary for torrenting?