Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoSupreme Court to decide whether ISPs must disconnect users accused of piracyarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square169linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarePattyMcB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoWhat about legitimate torrented content? Are they going to outlaw the technology outright? Don’t plenty of legitimate downloads use torrents to speed up software updates and such?
minus-squareAtomicbunnies@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYes. I share like 100+ Linux distros via torrents.
minus-squareseralth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoA load of game patchers use torrent tech to improve speeds. Lots of gamers torrent with out even realizing it
minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoHell, windows itself does it.
What about legitimate torrented content? Are they going to outlaw the technology outright? Don’t plenty of legitimate downloads use torrents to speed up software updates and such?
Yes. I share like 100+ Linux distros via torrents.
A load of game patchers use torrent tech to improve speeds. Lots of gamers torrent with out even realizing it
Hell, windows itself does it.