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[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 166 points 5 months ago (3 children)

So, piracy is legal if you don't distribute? What the fuck is Zuck smoking?

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 92 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Well, that's how it tends to be in most places.
You don't get caught for downloading; you get caught for uploading.

Using a similar logic to distribution via DVDs. Only the seller gets into trouble. The buyer does not.


Another point, opening a web page means downloading it, so if someone wanted to frame someone for downloading something, it would be very easy to make such a trap. This, accompanied with CSAM and network monitoring could be used to easily get any person using the internet, in jail, just for opening the wrong link. So, the laws require much more information regarding intent and such.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Eh. Makes sense from the perspective of protecting profits, I guess, because the actual thing which bothers them is the volume of lost potential customers....

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

Elitism. He is of the belief that he is better than you, and doesn't live in the same world as you.