• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    All ISPs are legally obligated to forward that shit to you. The alerts are not from spectrum, they’re just relaying the information.

    Right now, copyright owners do not have legal permission to find out who you are directly without a court order. They would only seek that information if they were planning to file a lawsuit.

    Media companies know, from the Napster incident, that such actions can backfire stupendously. It’s rare that they even bother anymore. I can go into detail on why, but I’ll leave it out for brevity.

    So they send the notice to your ISP, who is legally obligated to match the information on the notice to the subscriber and forward the notice to you.

    For many, this goes to an ISP provided mailbox, which most people ignore the existence of it. Clearly spectrum operates differently.

    The notices are from copyright holders who have no idea who you are, and can’t determine that information unless they intend to sue you. So those can be, for the most part, ignored.

    It’s not your ISPs fault that you got those. They couldn’t give a shit less about what you do on their service, or what you download. They just want you to pay your bill every month and keep the gravy train rolling.

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        1 month ago

        Fair enough. I haven’t used spectrum, so I have no opinion. I’m not in the right country to subscribe to their service, so there’s that.

        Have a good day.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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          1 month ago

          Spectrum is a total shit ISP that does shady shit constantly, while being owned by a massive corporation run by a Trump supporter and unfortunately is the only option people have in a lot of places in the U.S.

          Anyway, good talk. You have a good day too!