While I am from a Western country it’s indeed not the US.
No, in my country nothing of that sorts happens. Piracy is still technically illegal but only a misdemeanor for the end user, provided they don’t make any money off the pirated stuff, and no ISP has ever cared to narc about it, to my knowledge.
Of course it’s probably different for crackers and folks who run piracy oriented forums.
Yeah I did mean “jumping ship” to a different provider, assuming they didn’t all behave like this. And of course I just assumed there were more than one to choose from.
Nasty stuff. VPNs really look like a blessing, from this perspective.