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cloudie78 2 days ago

So when are Nvidia, Facebook, and everyone else going to chip in and pay up?

outside1234 2 days ago | parent [-]

Did you miss that they are huge corporations that the law doesn't apply to?

bethekidyouwant 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

I don’t get it. I am not a corp. i can download books from AA (who does the law apply to exactly?)

kingleopold 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

if this is true. what does this say about "rule of law"? is it all fiction?

gruez 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

You mean how anthropic lost a court case and now they're being made to pay?

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kingleopold 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

they are paying from the revenue, they gained ton of valuation and revenue because of books? if you do that, you lose most of your life

	▲	gruez 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Even in the infamous Aaron Swartz case he was offered 6 months in prison as a plea bargain. Even ignoring the difference in crime (torrenting vs CFAA), no one was going to "lose most of your life".

nemomarx 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Like all things with society, it exists so long as we constantly create it. If you slack off many things will vanish faster than you think.