| ▲ | outside1234 2 days ago |
| Did you miss that they are huge corporations that the law doesn't apply to? |
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| ▲ | 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?) |
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| ▲ | kingleopold 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| if this is true. what does this say about "rule of law"? is it all fiction? |
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| ▲ | 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". |
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| ▲ | 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. |
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