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Hollywood's fight against VPN providers like ExpressVPN now goes beyond piracy, as a recent lawsuit alleges VPNs enable crimes like hacking, murder, and more

Beyond accusations of encouraging copyright infringement, film companies have begun accusing VPNs of enabling a slew of illegal activity.

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  • @eff @eff on x
    VPNs are an important tool for protecting privacy, and running one isn't illegal even if some users infringe copyright, EFF's @mitchstoltz tells Wired. https://www.wired.com/...
  • @kkomaitis Konstantinos Komaitis on x
    10 years ago, I met with policy folks from a bunch of Hollywood studios. At the meeting was myself and an engineer. To the question: “how do you feel about the internet”? The response always was: if we could, we'd kill it. Glad to see this hasn't changed https://www.wired.com/...
  • @wired @wired on x
    While piracy remains the central issue, recent legal arguments employed by Hollywood studios have surpassed accusations of copyright infringement and delved into dirtier waters. http://www.wired.com/...
  • @charlesmok Charles Mok on x
    If copyright ends up (again trying to) partitioning the Internet, isn't that yet another threat to splinter the internet? Hollywood's Fight Against VPNs Turns Ugly Film companies have begun accusing VPNs of enabling a slew of illegal activity. https://www.wired.com/...
  • @dcnorg @dcnorg on x
    Hollywood's Fight Against VPNs Turns Ugly Beyond accusations of encouraging copyright infringement, film companies have begun accusing VPNs of enabling a slew of illegal activity. https://www.wired.com/...